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glorie
glory /ˈɡlo.ri.e/
noun#2641 most common
Also: fame, renown, splendor
Example sentences
Sportivul vrea glorie.
The athlete wants glory.
Echipa noastră a câștigat cupa cu multă glorie.
Our team won the cup with much glory.
Orașul și-a pierdut gloria de altădată.
The city has lost its former glory.
Eroii de război sunt amintiți pentru gloria lor.
War heroes are remembered for their glory.
Gloria efemeră a celebrității nu aduce fericire adevărată.
The fleeting glory of celebrity does not bring true happiness.
Istoricii dezbat dacă gloria Imperiului Roman a fost construită pe cuceriri sau pe civilizație.
Historians debate whether the glory of the Roman Empire was built on conquests or on civilization.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | glorie | glorii |
| Genitive | glorii | gloriilor |
| Accusative | glorie | glorii |
| Vocative | glorie | glorii |
Word family
gloriosglorious
a glorificato glorify
glorificareglorification
glorificatglorified
Etymology
Glorie entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a learned borrowing from French gloire, part of the wave of French and Latin-based vocabulary that reshaped Romanian during that period. Both the French word and its Romanian counterpart trace back to Latin gloria, meaning fame or renown. The Latin word's own origin is debated among scholars, so no single Indo-European root is settled.
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