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primire
receiving, reception, welcome /priˈmi.re/
noun#5618 most common
Also: welcome (ceremony/greeting), acceptance (of a request/application), reception (act of receiving guests)
Example sentences
Camera de primire este la parter.
The reception room is on the ground floor.
Am avut o primire călduroasă la aeroport.
We had a warm welcome at the airport.
Primirea oaspeților a fost organizată cu grijă.
The reception of the guests was carefully organized.
Comisia a stabilit criteriile de primire a cererilor.
The committee set the criteria for accepting applications.
Ceremonia de primire a noilor membri în academie s-a desfășurat cu multă solemnitate.
The induction ceremony for the academy's new members was held with great solemnity.
Modul în care autoritățile au gestionat primirea refugiaților a stârnit controverse ample în opinia publică.
The way authorities handled the reception of refugees sparked wide controversy in public opinion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | primire | primiri |
| Genitive | primiri | primiri |
| Accusative | primire | primiri |
| Vocative | primire | primiri |
Word family
a primito receive
primitreceived
primitorwelcoming, hospitable
primitoarewelcoming, hospitable (feminine)
neprimirerefusal to accept
Etymology
Primire is a noun formed from the verb a primi ("to receive") plus the suffix -re, which turns a verb into an abstract action noun, much like English "-ing". Romanian is unusual among Romance languages: instead of continuing Latin recipere (source of French recevoir, Spanish recibir), it built primi from Latin primus, "first". The underlying sense was something like "to take first place with, to accept", which shifted to the general meaning "to receive".
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