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numim
we name / we call /nuˈmim/
verb#3466 most common
Also: we appoint, we term, we designate
Example sentences
Noi numim pisica noastră Miți.
We call our cat Miți.
Noi ne numim frați, chiar dacă nu avem aceiași părinți.
We call ourselves brothers, even though we don't have the same parents.
Îl numim pe Andrei căpitanul echipei.
We name Andrei team captain.
În acest laborator, numim acest proces oxidare.
In this lab, we call this process oxidation.
Numim adesea acest fenomen globalizare, deși termenul e mult mai complex.
We often call this phenomenon globalization, though the term is much more complex.
Numim, prin convenție, acest set de axiome geometrie euclidiană, deși coerența sa internă nu implică un adevăr absolut.
By convention, we call this set of axioms Euclidean geometry, though its internal coherence does not imply an absolute truth.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | numesc | numii | voi numi |
| 2sg | numești | numiși | vei numi |
| 3sg | numește | numi | va numi |
| 1pl | numim | numirăm | vom numi |
| 2pl | numiți | numirăți | veți numi |
| 3pl | numesc | numiră | vor numi |
Word family
numenamenumitnamed, called, so-called
denumiredenomination, designation
renumitrenowned, famous
numirethe act of naming or appointing
Etymology
Numim is the first person plural present of a numi, which comes from Latin nominare, meaning to name. Nominare itself derives from nomen, the Latin word for name. Romanian kept this verb through direct descent from spoken Latin, alongside the related noun nume.
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