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moară

mill /ˈmo̯arə/

noun#4038 most common

Also: millhouse, windmill (in the phrase "moară de vânt")

Example sentences

Moara este lângă râu.
The mill is near the river.
Bunicul meu lucrează la moară.
My grandfather works at the mill.
Satul are o moară de vânt veche.
The village has an old windmill.
Apa râului învârte roata morii.
The river water turns the mill's wheel.
Morile de vânt din Olanda sunt cunoscute în toată lumea.
The windmills of Holland are known throughout the world.
Deși moara fusese abandonată de decenii, mecanismul ei încă scârțâia când bătea vântul.
Although the mill had been abandoned for decades, its mechanism still creaked when the wind blew.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemoarămori
Genitivemoriimorilor
Accusativemoarămori
Vocativemoaromorilor

Word family

morarmiller
morărițămiller's wife, female miller
morăritmilling trade, historically also a milling tax
moară de vântwindmill
a măcinato grind (grain), the action a mill performs

Etymology

Moară descends from Latin mola, meaning millstone or mill. The word passed down through spoken Latin in the region that became Romania, keeping its core meaning intact. Latin mola itself traces to an old root for grinding, the same root that gave English words tied to grain and flour.

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