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noapte
night /ˈno̯apte/
noun#250 most common
Also: nighttime, evening (in greetings)
Example sentences
Noapte bună!
Good night!
Afară este noapte.
It's night outside.
Am lucrat toată noaptea.
I worked all night.
În fiecare noapte, ea citește o carte înainte de culcare.
Every night, she reads a book before bed.
Liniștea nopții era tulburată doar de lătratul îndepărtat al unui câine.
The silence of the night was disturbed only by the distant barking of a dog.
Pe măsură ce noaptea își întindea vălul peste oraș, străzile păreau să-și schimbe identitatea.
As the night spread its veil over the city, the streets seemed to change their identity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | noapte | nopți |
| Genitive | nopți | nopților |
| Accusative | noapte | nopți |
| Vocative | noapte | nopților |
Word family
înnoptato spend the night; for night to fall
noptierănightstand
nocturnnocturnal, of the night
miezul nopțiimidnight
noptaticoccurring at night (rare, regional)
Etymology
Noapte comes from the Latin noctem, the accusative form of nox, meaning night. The word passed through spoken Latin in the region that became Romania with regular sound changes, including the shift from Latin ct to Romanian pt. This same pt pattern shows up in other Romanian words descended from Latin ct clusters, such as opt from octo.
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