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pamant
earth (ground, soil) /pəˈmɨnt/
noun#2543 most common
Also: ground, soil, land
Example sentences
Pământul este maro.
The ground is brown.
Copiii se joacă pe pământ.
The children are playing on the ground.
Fermierul ară pământul primăvara.
The farmer plows the land in spring.
Pământul se rotește în jurul Soarelui.
The Earth rotates around the Sun.
Rădăcinile copacului pătrund adânc în pământ.
The tree's roots go deep into the ground.
E o diferență ca de la cer la pământ între cele două proiecte.
There's a world of difference between the two projects.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pământ | pământuri |
| Genitive | pământului | pământurilor |
| Accusative | pământ | pământuri |
| Vocative | pământule | pământurilor |
Word family
pământeanearthling; villager, local inhabitant
pământescearthly, terrestrial
pământiuearth-colored, sallow
împământenito naturalize, to take root, to become established
subpământeanunderground, subterranean
Etymology
Pământ comes from Latin pavimentum, meaning a trodden or paved floor, itself from pavire, to beat down or ram. In the Latin spoken in the eastern provinces, the word drifted from a built surface to the ground itself, then to soil, land, and eventually the planet Earth. This shift from a man-made floor to the natural ground is common in Balkan Romance.
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