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inch

inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm) /intʃ/

noun#3870 most common

Example sentences

Telefonul meu are un ecran de 6 inch.
My phone has a 6-inch screen.
Vreau să cumpăr un televizor de 40 de inch.
I want to buy a 40-inch television.
Diagonala monitorului este de 27 de inch.
The monitor's diagonal is 27 inches.
Roțile mașinii au o jantă de 17 inch.
The car's wheels have a 17-inch rim.
Țeava are un diametru de jumătate de inch, adică aproximativ 1,27 centimetri.
The pipe has a diameter of half an inch, that is about 1.27 centimeters.
În Statele Unite, spre deosebire de sistemul metric, lungimile se măsoară adesea în inch-uri și picioare.
In the United States, unlike the metric system, lengths are often measured in inches and feet.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeinchinch-uri
Genitiveinch-uluiinch-urilor
Accusativeinchinch-uri
Vocativeinchinch-uri

Word family

inch-uriplural: inches
un inchone inch (indefinite)
țololder Romanian synonym for inch, from German Zoll
uncieounce; a distant cousin sharing the Latin root uncia

Etymology

Romanian borrowed inch directly from English, mostly through twentieth-century technical and computing vocabulary, to name the imperial unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters. English inch descends from Old English ynce, itself borrowed from Latin uncia, meaning a twelfth part. That same Latin root also gave Romanian its older word uncie, a unit once used for a twelfth of a pound, so inch and uncie are distant cousins that entered the language by different routes, centuries apart.

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