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pâine
bread /ˈpɨi̯ne/
noun#4665 most common
Also: loaf of bread, livelihood (figurative, as in 'earning one's bread')
Example sentences
Eu mănânc pâine.
I eat bread.
Cumpăr pâine de la magazin.
I buy bread from the store.
Mirosul de pâine proaspătă umple bucătăria.
The smell of fresh bread fills the kitchen.
Fără muncă, nu ai pâine pe masă.
Without work, you don't have bread on the table.
Prețul pâinii a crescut considerabil în ultimul an din cauza inflației.
The price of bread has risen considerably over the past year because of inflation.
Ea își câștigă pâinea scriind articole pentru diverse reviste, un obicei moștenit de la bunica ei.
She earns her bread writing articles for various magazines, a habit inherited from her grandmother.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pâine | pâini |
| Genitive | pâinii | pâinilor |
| Accusative | pâine | pâini |
| Vocative | pâine | pâinilor |
Word family
pâinișoarăsmall bread roll (diminutive)
pâine prăjitătoast
pâine albăwhite bread
pâine neagrădark or rye bread
Etymology
Pâine descends from Latin panis, meaning bread. The Latin a became the Romanian nasal vowel â, and the final -is dropped while -ne was added through regular sound change, a pattern typical of how Latin words evolved in Romanian. The word has stayed close to its original meaning for two thousand years.
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