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lac
lake /ˈlak/
noun#1651 most common
Also: pond, pool
Example sentences
Lacul e frumos.
The lake is beautiful.
Copiii se joacă lângă lac.
The children play near the lake.
Vara mergem la lac să înotăm.
In summer we go to the lake to swim.
Pescarii au prins pește în lac toată dimineața.
The fishermen caught fish in the lake all morning.
Apa lacului a scăzut considerabil din cauza secetei.
The lake's water level dropped considerably because of the drought.
Dacă nu s-ar fi curățat malurile lacurilor, ecosistemul acvatic ar fi fost grav afectat.
If the shores of the lakes had not been cleaned, the aquatic ecosystem would have been badly affected.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lacul | lacurile |
| Genitive | lacului | lacurilor |
| Accusative | lacul | lacurile |
| Vocative | lacule | lacurilor |
Word family
Etymology
Lac descends directly from Latin lacus, meaning lake or basin. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged as it evolved from spoken Latin in the region. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and even reached English through French.
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