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legumă
vegetable /leˈɡumə/
noun#4082 most common
Example sentences
Roșia este o legumă.
The tomato is a vegetable.
Îmi place să mănânc o legumă la fiecare masă.
I like to eat a vegetable at every meal.
Cumpărăm legume proaspete de la piață în fiecare sâmbătă.
We buy fresh vegetables at the market every Saturday.
Această legumă conține multe vitamine și fibre.
This vegetable contains many vitamins and fiber.
Prețul legumelor a crescut considerabil din cauza secetei.
The price of vegetables has risen considerably because of the drought.
Deși mulți o consideră o legumă banală, varza este surprinzător de nutritivă și versatilă în bucătăria tradițională.
Although many consider it a mundane vegetable, cabbage is surprisingly nutritious and versatile in traditional cuisine.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | legumă | legume |
| Genitive | legumei | legumelor |
| Accusative | legumă | legume |
| Vocative | legumo | legumelor |
Word family
legumevegetables (plural)
legumicultorvegetable grower, market gardener
legumiculturăvegetable growing, market gardening
leguminos, leguminoasăleguminous, of the bean or pea family
Etymology
Legumă comes from Latin legumen, which meant a pod vegetable or pulse, something like a bean or lentil. Legumen itself derives from the verb legere, to gather or pick, since these crops could be harvested by hand rather than cut like grain. Over time in Romanian the word's meaning widened from just pulses to vegetables in general.
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