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mecanic
mechanic (a person who repairs machines, especially cars) /me.kaˈnik/
noun#3653 most common
Also: mechanical (adjective sense: relating to machines)
Example sentences
Mecanicul repară mașina.
The mechanic repairs the car.
Tatăl meu este mecanic auto.
My father is a car mechanic.
Am dus mașina la mecanic pentru un control.
I took the car to the mechanic for a checkup.
Mecanicul a găsit o defecțiune la motor.
The mechanic found a fault in the engine.
Fără mecanici calificați, atelierul nu ar putea funcționa.
Without qualified mechanics, the workshop could not function.
Reputația mecanicului s-a construit în ani de muncă onestă cu clienții din cartier.
The mechanic's reputation was built over years of honest work with neighborhood customers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mecanic | mecanici |
| Genitive | mecanicului | mecanicilor |
| Accusative | mecanic | mecanici |
| Vocative | mecanicule | mecanicilor |
Word family
mecanicămechanics (the science, or the study of machinery)
mecanismmechanismmecanizato mechanize
mecanizaremechanization
Etymology
Mecanic entered Romanian in the 19th century, during the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It comes from French mécanique and Latin mechanicus, both tracing back to Greek mēkhanikós, meaning skilled in machines, from mēkhané, device or contrivance. The noun sense, a person who repairs machines, grew out of the older adjective sense, relating to machines, a common shift in Romanian technical words.
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