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lamă

blade /ˈla.mə/

noun#3435 most common

Also: knife blade, lamina

Example sentences

Lama este ascuțită.
The blade is sharp.
Am nevoie de o lamă nouă pentru aparatul de ras.
I need a new blade for the razor.
Bucătarul schimbă lama cuțitului în fiecare lună.
The chef changes the knife's blade every month.
Lamele acestui ventilator sunt din metal ușor.
This fan's blades are made of lightweight metal.
Chirurgul a folosit o lamă sterilă pentru incizie.
The surgeon used a sterile blade for the incision.
Muchia lamei era atât de fină încât abia se vedea sub lumină.
The edge of the blade was so fine it was barely visible under the light.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativelamălame
Genitivelamelame
Accusativelamălame
Vocativelamălame

Word family

lamelăsmall blade, thin slice, lamella
lamelarlamellar, made of thin layers
laminatlaminated; laminate material
lamă de rasrazor blade

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "lamă" from French "lame", which goes back to Latin "lamina", meaning a thin plate or sheet of metal. The word entered Romanian during the nineteenth-century wave of French borrowings that modernized much of the technical and everyday vocabulary. Its sense narrowed in everyday use to the cutting edge of a knife or razor.

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