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piscină
swimming pool /pisˈt͡ʃinə/
noun#2284 most common
Also: pool
Example sentences
Copiii înoată în piscină.
The children are swimming in the pool.
Vara mergem des la piscină.
In summer we often go to the pool.
Hotelul are o piscină mare în curte.
The hotel has a large pool in the yard.
Apa piscinei trebuie curățată în fiecare zi.
The pool's water has to be cleaned every day.
Construirea piscinelor publice a fost finanțată de primărie.
The construction of the public pools was funded by the city hall.
Dacă piscina nu ar fi fost renovată anul trecut, acum ar fi fost închisă din cauza infiltrațiilor.
If the pool hadn't been renovated last year, it would now be closed because of leaks.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | piscină | piscine |
| Genitive | piscinei | piscinelor |
| Accusative | piscină | piscine |
| Vocative | piscino | piscinelor |
Word family
peștefish
pisciculturăfish farming, aquaculture
piscicolrelating to fish farming
pescarfisherman
bazinbasin, pool (near-synonym in sports contexts)
Etymology
Piscină entered Romanian from French piscine, itself from Latin piscina, meaning fish pond. The Latin word comes from piscis, fish. Romanian borrowed the term as part of a wave of French-derived vocabulary in the 19th and 20th centuries, and its meaning narrowed to swimming pool.
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