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inel
ring /iˈnel/
noun#1108 most common
Also: band (jewelry)
Example sentences
Ea are un inel.
She has a ring.
Inelul este de aur.
The ring is made of gold.
Mi-a dat un inel de logodnă.
He gave me an engagement ring.
Am pierdut inelul pe care mi l-a dăruit bunica.
I lost the ring my grandmother gave me.
Designerul a creat o colecție de inele inspirate din natură.
The designer created a collection of rings inspired by nature.
Strălucirea inelului de logodnă i-a atras imediat privirea, deși nu bănuia povestea zbuciumată din spatele lui.
The sparkle of the engagement ring caught her eye at once, though she did not suspect the turbulent story behind it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inel | inele |
| Genitive | inelului | inelelor |
| Accusative | inel | inele |
| Vocative | inelule | inele |
Word family
inelarring-shaped; relating to the ring finger, as in deget inelar (ring finger)
inelașsmall ring, little ring
a inelato fit with a ring, as in banding birds for tracking
inelatringed, marked with ring-like bands or segments
Etymology
Inel comes from Latin anellus, a diminutive of anus, meaning ring. The word passed into Romanian through the everyday spoken Latin of the region and kept its original meaning over the centuries. Its Romance cousins descend from the same Latin root and still mean the same thing today.
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