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oglindă
mirror /oˈɡlin.də/
noun#2104 most common
Also: looking glass, reflective surface
Example sentences
Mă uit în oglindă.
I look in the mirror.
Oglinda din baie este murdară.
The mirror in the bathroom is dirty.
Ea și-a văzut fața în oglindă și a zâmbit.
She saw her face in the mirror and smiled.
Lacul era atât de liniștit încât părea o oglindă.
The lake was so calm that it looked like a mirror.
Ochii ei erau ca o oglindă a sufletului.
Her eyes were like a mirror of the soul.
Romanul acesta este o oglindă fidelă a societății din acea perioadă.
This novel is a faithful mirror of the society of that period.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oglindă | oglinzi |
| Genitive | oglinzii | oglinzilor |
| Accusative | oglindă | oglinzi |
| Vocative | oglindo | oglinzilor |
Word family
oglindito mirror, to reflect
oglindirereflection, act of mirroring
oglinjoarălittle mirror, pocket mirror
oglinditmirrored, reflected
Etymology
Oglindă entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic, tied to the Slavic verb meaning "to look" or "to view." The same Slavic root gave Bulgarian and Serbian their words for mirror. Romanian absorbed it and fitted it with the native feminine noun ending -ă, so the word looks fully Romanian today despite its Slavic origin.
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