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masă
table /ˈma.sə/
noun#431 most common
Also: meal, mass (physics), crowd, mass of people
Example sentences
Masa este mare.
The table is big.
Punem masa pentru cină.
We set the table for dinner.
Ne-am așezat la masă și am mâncat împreună.
We sat down at the table and ate together.
Cartea se afla pe masa din bucătărie.
The book was on the kitchen table.
Delegațiile s-au întâlnit la o masă rotundă pentru a discuta reforma.
The delegations met at a round table to discuss the reform.
Masa critică a reactorului a fost calculată cu precizie înainte de pornire.
The critical mass of the reactor was calculated precisely before startup.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | masa | mesele |
| Genitive | mesei | meselor |
| Accusative | masa | mesele |
| Vocative | maso | meselor |
Word family
măsuțălittle table (diminutive)
a pune masato set the table
masă rotundăround-table discussion, forum
masă de scriswriting desk
Etymology
Masă comes from Latin mensa, meaning table. Mensa itself traces to the Latin verb metior, mensus sum, to measure, and further back to a Proto-Indo-European root for measuring. The word passed into Romanian through everyday spoken Latin, kept its core meaning of table, and later widened to cover the act of eating a meal.
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