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pământ
earth, ground, land /paˈmɨnt/
noun#405 most common
Also: soil, country/homeland, the Earth (planet)
Example sentences
Pământul e ud.
The ground is wet.
Plantăm flori în pământ.
We plant flowers in the soil.
Țăranii lucrează pământul de dimineață până seara.
The peasants work the land from morning until evening.
Pământul acesta a aparținut familiei noastre timp de generații.
This land has belonged to our family for generations.
Cutremurul a zguduit pământul cu o forță neobișnuită.
The earthquake shook the ground with unusual force.
Filosofii antici credeau că pământul se afla în centrul universului.
Ancient philosophers believed that the earth was at the center of the universe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pământ | pământuri |
| Genitive | pământului | pământurilor |
| Accusative | pământ | pământuri |
| Vocative | pământule | pământurilor |
Word family
pământescearthly, terrestrial
pământeannative, local inhabitant, earthling
împământenito naturalize, to take root, to become established
pământosearthy, made of soil
subpământeanunderground
Etymology
Pământ comes from Latin pavimentum, meaning a beaten or trodden floor, the same word that gave English pavement. In everyday Latin the term shifted from a worked, packed surface to the ground itself, and Romanian carried that shift further, turning it into the general word for earth, soil, and land. The sound changes from pavimentum to pământ are regular for Romanian, which often drops or reshapes intervocalic Latin consonants.
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