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plic
envelope /plik/
noun#4429 most common
Also: sachet, packet
Example sentences
Pun scrisoarea în plic.
I put the letter in the envelope.
Am cumpărat un plic de la magazin.
I bought an envelope from the store.
Poștașul a adus un plic pentru tine.
The postman brought an envelope for you.
Am uitat să lipesc plicul înainte de a-l trimite.
I forgot to seal the envelope before sending it.
În plicul găsit pe masă erau bani și o scrisoare fără semnătură.
In the envelope found on the table there was money and an unsigned letter.
Deși plicul părea sigilat perfect, comisia a descoperit că fusese deschis și lipit la loc cu grijă.
Although the envelope seemed perfectly sealed, the committee found it had been opened and glued back carefully.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | plic | plicuri |
| Genitive | plicului | plicurilor |
| Accusative | plic | plicuri |
| Vocative | plicule | plicurilor |
Word family
plicuțsmall envelope (diminutive)
plic poștalpostal envelope
plic-răspunsprepaid reply envelope
a pune în plicto put into an envelope
Etymology
Romanian borrowed plic from French pli, a word tied to the verb plier, to fold. In French, pli could refer to a folded letter or its cover, a sense that carried over into Romanian as the word for envelope. The borrowing dates to the nineteenth century, when Romanian absorbed many French terms for modern administrative and postal life.
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