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geam
window /ˈdʒe̯am/
noun#1979 most common
Also: windowpane, pane of glass
Example sentences
Geamul este deschis.
The window is open.
Te rog, închide geamul, e frig afară.
Please close the window, it's cold outside.
Am spart accidental geamul de la bucătărie.
I accidentally broke the kitchen window.
Ploaia lovea încet în geam toată noaptea.
The rain beat gently against the window all night.
Ne-am uitat prin geamul aburit al cafenelei la trecători.
We looked through the café's steamed-up window at the passersby.
Geamurile duble ale apartamentului reduc considerabil zgomotul de pe stradă.
The apartment's double-glazed windows considerably reduce the noise from the street.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | geam / geamul | geamuri / geamurile |
| Genitive | geam / geamului | geamuri / geamurilor |
| Accusative | geam / geamul | geamuri / geamurile |
| Vocative | geamule | geamurilor |
Word family
geamgiuglazier
geamlâcglassed veranda
fereastrăwindow (the whole frame and opening)geamuriwindow panes (plural)
Etymology
Geam entered Romanian from Turkish cam, meaning glass, during the centuries of Ottoman contact in the Balkans. The Turkish word itself traces back to Persian jām, a cup or glass vessel. The loan settled into everyday Romanian as the ordinary word for a window pane, alongside the older Latin-derived fereastră.
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