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patru
four /ˈpa.tru/
adjective#358 most common
Also: four o'clock (informal, telling time)
Example sentences
Am patru mere.
I have four apples.
Ceasul arată ora patru.
The clock shows four o'clock.
Ne întâlnim la ora patru după-amiaza.
We meet at four in the afternoon.
Echipa a câștigat cu scorul de patru la unu.
The team won four to one.
Cei patru piloni ai democrației trebuie apărați cu orice preț.
The four pillars of democracy must be defended at any cost.
Fenomenul poate fi analizat din cel puțin patru perspective teoretice distincte, fiecare cu propriile limitări epistemologice.
The phenomenon can be analyzed from at least four distinct theoretical perspectives, each with its own epistemological limitations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | patru | patru |
| Genitive | patru | patru |
| Accusative | patru | patru |
| Vocative | patru | patru |
Word family
patruzeciforty
al patrulea / a patrafourth (ordinal)
pătratsquare
pătrimea quarter, quarter note
cvadri-learned prefix meaning four-, as in cvadrilateral
Etymology
Patru descends from Latin quattuor, the cardinal number four. Sound changes typical of Romanian, including the loss of the final syllable and simplification of the consonant cluster, turned quattuor into patru over centuries of spoken Latin in the region. Like most Romanian numerals, it survives directly from Latin rather than being borrowed later.
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