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paradis
paradise /pa.raˈdis/
noun#2907 most common
Also: heaven, idyllic place
Example sentences
Insula aceasta este un paradis.
This island is a paradise.
Am fost în vacanță într-un paradis tropical.
I was on vacation in a tropical paradise.
Grădina bunicii mele este adevăratul meu paradis.
My grandmother's garden is my true paradise.
Pentru mulți turiști, Maldivele reprezintă un paradis pe pământ.
For many tourists, the Maldives represent a paradise on earth.
Scriitorul descrie copilăria sa ca pe un paradis pierdut, plin de amintiri calde.
The writer describes his childhood as a lost paradise, full of warm memories.
Filosofii au dezbătut îndelung dacă paradisul terestru a existat cu adevărat sau este doar o metaforă a inocenței pierdute.
Philosophers have long debated whether the earthly paradise really existed or is just a metaphor for lost innocence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paradis | paradisuri |
| Genitive | paradisului | paradisurilor |
| Accusative | paradis | paradisuri |
| Vocative | paradisule | paradisurilor |
Word family
paradisiac, -ăparadisiacal, idyllic, dreamlike
paradis fiscaltax haven
paradisuriparadises
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "paradis" from French "paradis", which came from Latin "paradisus". Latin took it from Greek "parádeisos", a word Greek writers used for the walled parks of Persian kings. Greek in turn borrowed it from an Old Iranian word for an enclosed garden. The Bible's use of that Greek word for the Garden of Eden gave "paradise" its modern religious sense.
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