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piesă

piece/part /ˈpje.sə/

noun#982 most common

Also: spare part (component), play (theatrical work), musical piece

Example sentences

Piesa este pe masă.
The piece is on the table.
Am nevoie de o piesă nouă pentru bicicletă.
I need a new part for the bicycle.
Mecanicul a comandat o piesă de schimb pentru motor.
The mechanic ordered a spare part for the engine.
Am văzut o piesă de teatru foarte interesantă aseară.
I saw a very interesting play last night.
Orchestra a interpretat o piesă muzicală compusă de Enescu.
The orchestra performed a musical piece composed by Enescu.
Colecționarul deținea o piesă rară de monedă din secolul al XVIII-lea, a cărei valoare creștea an de an.
The collector owned a rare coin piece from the 18th century, whose value grew year after year.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativepiesapiesele
Genitivepieseipieselor
Accusativepiesapiesele
Vocativepiesopieselor

Word family

piesăpiece, part
piesuțăsmall piece (diminutive)
piesă de schimbspare part
piesă de teatrustage play
piesă de rezistențăcenterpiece, highlight of a collection or event

Etymology

Piesă entered Romanian from French pièce, part of the wave of French vocabulary that reshaped Romanian in the 19th century. French pièce descends from Vulgar Latin pettia, a word of Gaulish origin meaning a fragment or portion. In Romanian the core sense stayed intact: a distinct unit or part, later extended to mechanical components, stage works, and coins.

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