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galben
yellow /ˈɡal.ben/
adjective#2263 most common
Also: gold coin (archaic noun, old Romanian/Ottoman-era currency)
Example sentences
Soarele este galben.
The sun is yellow.
Fetița poartă o rochie galbenă.
The little girl wears a yellow dress.
În fiecare toamnă, frunzele copacului devin galbene.
Every autumn, the tree's leaves turn yellow.
Taxiurile din New York sunt vopsite în galben.
New York's taxis are painted yellow.
Cartea de bucate veche avea coperta galbenă și paginile îngălbenite de vreme.
The old cookbook had a yellow cover and pages yellowed by time.
Asfințitul învăluia orizontul într-un galben incandescent, presărat cu dâre purpurii ce anunțau furtuna ce avea să vină.
The sunset wrapped the horizon in an incandescent yellow, streaked with purple lines that announced the coming storm.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | galben | galbeni |
| Genitive | galben | galbeni |
| Accusative | galben | galbeni |
| Vocative | galben | galbeni |
Word family
gălbenușegg yolk
a îngălbenito turn yellow, to fade or grow pale
gălbenealăa yellowish tinge, sallow paleness
gălbenelemarigold flowers (Calendula)
Etymology
Galben comes from Latin galbinus, meaning greenish-yellow. Galbinus itself derives from galbus, an old Latin color term. The same Latin root gave French jaune and Italian giallo, so Romanian, French, and Italian all inherited their word for yellow from the same source, though each language reshaped the sound differently.
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