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incendiu
fire (a blaze or conflagration) /in.ˈtʃen.diu/
noun#1906 most common
Also: blaze, conflagration
Example sentences
În pădure a fost un incendiu.
There was a fire in the forest.
Pompierii au stins incendiul rapid.
The firefighters put out the fire quickly.
Incendiul a distrus mai multe case din sat.
The fire destroyed several houses in the village.
Un incendiu de vegetație s-a extins pe zeci de hectare.
A vegetation fire spread over dozens of hectares.
Autoritățile investighează cauzele incendiului care a cuprins fabrica.
Authorities are investigating the causes of the fire that engulfed the factory.
Dacă sistemul de alarmă ar fi funcționat, incendiul ar fi fost depistat mult mai devreme.
If the alarm system had worked, the fire would have been detected much earlier.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | incendiu | incendii |
| Genitive | incendiului | incendiilor |
| Accusative | incendiu | incendii |
| Vocative | incendiu | incendii |
Word family
a incendiato set fire to
incendiatorarsonist
incendiarincendiary
incendierethe act of setting fire
Etymology
Incendiu comes from Latin incendium, meaning fire or conflagration. That noun derives from the verb incendere, to set alight, built from the prefix in- and the root candere, to glow or shine. Romanian inherited the word directly from Latin, alongside its Romance sisters.
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