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mărime

size /məˈrime/

noun#2480 most common

Also: magnitude, dimension, (physical) quantity

Example sentences

Ce mărime porți?
What size do you wear?
Această cămașă este mărimea mea.
This shirt is my size.
Trebuie să aflăm mărimea exactă a terenului.
We need to find out the exact size of the plot of land.
Mărimea pantofilor variază de la o țară la alta.
Shoe size varies from one country to another.
În fizică, o mărime vectorială are atât modul, cât și direcție.
In physics, a vector quantity has both magnitude and direction.
Mărimile fundamentale ale Sistemului Internațional de Unități includ lungimea, masa și timpul.
The fundamental quantities of the International System of Units include length, mass, and time.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemărimeamărimile
Genitivemărimiimărimilor
Accusativemărimeamărimile
Vocativemărimemărimilor

Word family

marebig, large
a mărito enlarge, to increase
mărireenlargement, growth
mărețgrand, majestic

Etymology

Mărime is built from the adjective mare, meaning big or large, plus the suffix -ime, which turns qualities into abstract nouns. The same pattern gives mulțime (crowd, from mult, many) and tinerime (youth, from tânăr, young). Mare itself is usually traced to the Latin word mas, maris, meaning male, which shifted in meaning toward strong and then large in the history of Romanian.

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