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rasă
breed /ˈra.sə/
noun#2445 most common
Also: race (of humans), purebred stock
Example sentences
Câinele meu este de rasă.
My dog is a purebred.
Ce rasă de pisică ai?
What breed of cat do you have?
Rasele de câini variază foarte mult ca mărime.
Dog breeds vary a great deal in size.
Discriminarea pe bază de rasă este interzisă prin lege.
Discrimination based on race is banned by law.
Cercetătorii au dezbătut mult timp dacă rasa umană poate fi clasificată biologic.
Researchers have long debated whether the human race can be classified biologically.
Ideea unor rase superioare a fost folosită pentru a justifica atrocități istorice.
The idea of superior races was used to justify historical atrocities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rasă | rase |
| Genitive | rase | rase |
| Accusative | rasă | rase |
| Vocative | rasă | rase |
Word family
rasialracial
rasismracism
rasistracist
de rasăpurebred, pedigree
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "rasă" from French "race", which itself came from Italian "razza". The deeper origin of the Italian word is disputed among etymologists, with no settled link to a single ancient root. Because the word entered Romanian as a modern loan rather than through direct descent from Latin, it has no confirmed Proto-Indo-European root.
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