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provizie
supply, stock of provisions (food or goods set aside for future need) /proˈvi.zi.e/
noun#3432 most common
Also: provision (stockpile), reserve
Example sentences
Mama a pus deoparte o provizie de zahăr.
Mom set aside a supply of sugar.
Avem o provizie mică de apă în pivniță.
We have a small supply of water in the cellar.
Am cumpărat provizii pentru toată iarna.
We bought provisions for the whole winter.
Corabia avea o provizie de hrană suficientă pentru o lună.
The ship had a supply of food sufficient for a month.
Armata a rămas fără provizii înainte de a ajunge la graniță.
The army ran out of provisions before reaching the border.
Deși provizia de cereale depozitată în hambar părea inepuizabilă, seceta prelungită a acelui an a golit-o cu mult înainte de recoltă.
Although the grain supply stored in the barn seemed inexhaustible, that year's prolonged drought emptied it well before harvest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | provizie | provizii |
| Genitive | provizii | provizii |
| Accusative | provizie | provizii |
| Vocative | provizie | provizii |
Word family
aprovizionato supply, to stock up
aprovizionaresupplying, procurement
provizoriuprovisional, temporary
proviziunefinancial provision, reserve (accounting term)
Etymology
Provizie entered Romanian from French provision, which goes back to Latin provisio, "a foreseeing, a providing for the future." That noun comes from providere, "to foresee, to provide," built from pro- ("ahead") and videre ("to see"). Romanian reshaped the French -ision ending into the native -izie pattern, the same way French décision became decizie and précision became precizie.
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