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gheață
ice /ˈɡe̯a.t͡sə/
noun#1754 most common
Also: ice cube (in a drink), icy coating (on a road or surface)
Example sentences
Apa se transformă în gheață.
Water turns into ice.
Pune gheață în pahar, te rog.
Put ice in the glass, please.
Drumul era acoperit cu gheață în dimineața aceasta.
The road was covered with ice this morning.
Copiii patinau pe gheața lacului înghețat.
The children were skating on the ice of the frozen lake.
Spărgătorul de gheață a deschis un drum prin ghețurile arctice.
The icebreaker opened a path through the arctic ice.
Grosimea gheții de pe suprafața lacului varia în funcție de temperatura nopții.
The thickness of the ice on the lake's surface varied depending on the night's temperature.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gheață | ghețuri |
| Genitive | gheții | ghețurilor |
| Accusative | gheață | ghețuri |
| Vocative | gheață | ghețuri |
Word family
Etymology
Gheață descends from Vulgar Latin glacia, a variant of classical Latin glacies, meaning ice. The initial consonant cluster gl- palatalized into the Romanian gh- sound, and the Latin ending -acia settled into -ață. The same Latin root gave sister words in other Romance languages.
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