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minune
wonder, miracle /miˈnune/
noun#2145 most common
Also: marvel, amazing thing
Example sentences
Este o minune!
It's a miracle!
Bebelușul este o mică minune.
The baby is a little miracle.
Egiptul are una dintre cele șapte minuni ale lumii antice.
Egypt has one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
A fost o minune că am ajuns la timp, având în vedere traficul.
It was a miracle that we arrived on time, given the traffic.
Medicii nu găseau nicio explicație, așa că au numit-o pur și simplu o minune.
The doctors found no explanation, so they simply called it a miracle.
Deși crescuse într-un sat unde poveștile despre minuni erau parte din viața de zi cu zi, nu se aștepta niciodată să fie martoră la una.
Although she had grown up in a village where stories about wonders were part of daily life, she never expected to witness one herself.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | minune | minuni |
| Genitive | minuni | minuni |
| Accusative | minune | minuni |
| Vocative | minune | minuni |
Word family
minunatwonderful, marvelous
a se minunato marvel, to be amazed
minunățiea marvel, a wondrous thing (colloquial)
Etymology
Minune comes from Latin mirabilia, the neuter plural of mirabilis, meaning things worthy of wonder. Romanian, like other Romance languages, reinterpreted many Latin neuter plurals as feminine singular nouns, which is why minune ends in -e rather than reflecting a Latin singular form. The same Latin root gives Italian meraviglia and, through a different derivation, English miracle.
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