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mediu
environment /ˈme.dju/
noun#1916 most common
Also: milieu, medium, average (as adjective)
Example sentences
Protejăm mediul.
We protect the environment.
Trebuie să protejăm mediul înconjurător.
We must protect the environment.
Compania noastră activează într-un mediu competitiv.
Our company operates in a competitive environment.
S-a adaptat rapid la noul mediu de lucru.
She adapted quickly to the new work environment.
Poluarea afectează grav mediul înconjurător și biodiversitatea.
Pollution seriously affects the environment and biodiversity.
Cercetătorii studiază impactul schimbărilor climatice asupra mediilor acvatice fragile.
Researchers study the impact of climate change on fragile aquatic environments.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mediul | mediile |
| Genitive | mediului | mediilor |
| Accusative | mediul | mediile |
| Vocative | mediul | mediile |
Word family
medieaverage, grade point average
mediocrumediocre
intermediarintermediary, in-between
mediatormediator
mediatizato give media coverage to
Etymology
Mediu comes from Latin medius, meaning middle or in the middle. Romanian absorbed it during the nineteenth-century push to modernize its vocabulary, reinforced by French moyen and médium. The sense shifted from a plain adjective for middle or average toward the noun sense of surroundings or environment, the space that sits around something.
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