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lanternă
flashlight /lanˈter.nə/
noun#5162 most common
Also: torch (British English), lantern
Example sentences
Am o lanternă.
I have a flashlight.
Lanterna este pe masă.
The flashlight is on the table.
Am nevoie de o lanternă pentru a vedea în întuneric.
I need a flashlight to see in the dark.
Dacă se ia curentul, folosim lanterna din sertar.
If the power goes out, we use the flashlight from the drawer.
Fasciculul lanternei a luminat coridorul îngust al peșterii.
The flashlight's beam lit the narrow corridor of the cave.
Deși bateria lanternei era aproape descărcată, lumina ei firavă ne-a ajutat să găsim ieșirea din tunel.
Although the flashlight's battery was nearly dead, its faint light helped us find the way out of the tunnel.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lanternă | lanterne |
| Genitive | lanternei | lanternelor |
| Accusative | lanternă | lanterne |
| Vocative | lanternă | lanterne |
Word family
lanternăflashlight
lanterneflashlights (plural)
lanterna de buzunarpocket flashlight
lanternă magicămagic lantern, an early device for projecting images
Etymology
Lanternă entered Romanian from French lanterne, which comes from Latin lanterna, a portable lamp with a protective case. The Latin word itself was borrowed from Greek lamptēr, meaning torch or light, related to the verb lampein, to shine. The word kept its core sense across all these languages: a light carried by hand.
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