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munte
mountain /ˈmun.te/
noun#1388 most common
Example sentences
Muntele este mare.
The mountain is big.
Vara mergem la munte.
In summer we go to the mountains.
Am urcat pe munte ieri.
I climbed the mountain yesterday.
Vârful muntelui era acoperit de zăpadă.
The mountain's peak was covered in snow.
Munții Carpați traversează România.
The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania.
Deși obosiți, alpiniștii au continuat să urce muntele abrupt, hotărâți să ajungă în vârf înainte de apus.
Although tired, the climbers kept climbing the steep mountain, determined to reach the summit before sunset.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | munte | munți |
| Genitive | muntelui | munților |
| Accusative | munte | munți |
| Vocative | munte | munților |
Word family
muntosmountainous
munteanhighlander, person from the mountains
Munteniahistorical region of Romania, literally 'mountain land'
munticelsmall mountain, hillock
Etymology
Munte descends from Latin mons, montis, meaning mountain. The word passed into Romanian through the everyday spoken Latin of the region and kept its core meaning unchanged for two thousand years. The same Latin root gave nearly every Romance language its word for mountain.
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