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mobilă

furniture /moˈbi.lə/

noun#3850 most common

Also: a piece of furniture, movable (property)

Example sentences

Camera are mobilă nouă.
The room has new furniture.
Cumpărăm mobilă pentru bucătărie.
We are buying furniture for the kitchen.
Mobila din living este din lemn masiv.
The furniture in the living room is made of solid wood.
Am vândut mobila veche înainte de mutare.
I sold the old furniture before moving.
Prețul mobilei a crescut din cauza lipsei de lemn.
The price of the furniture rose because of the wood shortage.
Designerul a ales mobilele astfel încât să reflecte simplitatea stilului scandinav.
The designer chose the pieces of furniture so that they would reflect the simplicity of Scandinavian style.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemobilamobilele
Genitivemobileimobilelor
Accusativemobilamobilele
Vocativemobilomobilelor

Word family

mobilmobile, movable
a mobilato furnish (a room or house)
mobilierfurniture (collective, often used for the trade or a full set)
imobilbuilding, real estate
mobilitatemobility

Etymology

Mobilă entered Romanian from French meuble or Italian mobile, both descending from Latin mobilis, meaning movable. The word was applied to furniture because, unlike a house or land, chairs and tables can be carried from place to place. Latin mobilis itself comes from movere, to move.

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