Learn Romanian › par
par
stake /ˈpar/
noun#943 most common
Also: pole, post
Example sentences
Este un par lângă gard.
There is a stake near the fence.
Legăm roșiile de un par în grădină.
We tie the tomatoes to a stake in the garden.
Parul din curte s-a rupt ieri.
The stake in the yard broke yesterday.
Fermierii bat pari noi pentru gardul viei în fiecare primăvară.
Farmers drive new stakes for the vineyard fence every spring.
Parii care susțineau vița putrezeau de umezeală.
The stakes that supported the vine were rotting from the damp.
Deși vântul îndoia copacii din jur, el stătea drept ca parul, neclintit.
Although the wind bent the trees around him, he stood as straight as a stake, unmoving.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | par | pari |
| Genitive | parului | parilor |
| Accusative | par | pari |
| Vocative | parule | parilor |
Word family
paristakes (plural)
parulthe stake (definite form)
drept ca parulidiom: bolt upright, stiff as a stake
Etymology
Par comes from Latin palus, meaning a stake or pole driven into the ground. The change from Latin l to Romanian r between vowels is a regular sound shift, seen also in words like sare (salt, from Latin sal) and gură (mouth, from Latin gula). The word has kept its concrete, rural meaning largely unchanged for two thousand years.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free