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haos
chaos /ˈha.os/
noun#3016 most common
Also: disorder, mess, turmoil
Example sentences
În cameră este haos.
There is chaos in the room.
Copiii au făcut haos în bucătărie.
The children made a mess in the kitchen.
După petrecere, casa era în haos total.
After the party, the house was in total chaos.
Haosul din trafic a întârziat toate autobuzele.
The chaos in traffic delayed all the buses.
Economiștii avertizează asupra haosului financiar care ar putea urma.
Economists warn about the financial chaos that could follow.
Filosofii antici credeau că universul s-a născut din haos.
Ancient philosophers believed the universe was born out of chaos.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | haos | haosuri |
| Genitive | haosului | haosurilor |
| Accusative | haos | haosuri |
| Vocative | haosule | haosurilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian took "haos" from French "chaos", which itself came from Ancient Greek "χάος" (khaos). In Greek the word first meant a vast, gaping void, the formless state before the ordered universe existed. Only later did it come to mean disorder in the everyday sense used in Romanian today.
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