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rezervor

tank /re.zerˈvor/

noun#4601 most common

Also: reservoir, fuel tank

Example sentences

Rezervorul este gol.
The tank is empty.
Trebuie să umplem rezervorul de benzină.
We need to fill up the gas tank.
Mașina are un rezervor mare de combustibil.
The car has a large fuel tank.
Rezervorul de apă al orașului s-a golit din cauza secetei.
The city's water reservoir emptied because of the drought.
Inginerii au proiectat un rezervor subteran capabil să stocheze mii de metri cubi de apă.
The engineers designed an underground reservoir able to store thousands of cubic meters of water.
Deteriorarea structurală a rezervoarelor de stocare a determinat autoritățile să impună măsuri stricte de siguranță.
Structural deterioration of the storage tanks led authorities to impose strict safety measures.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativerezervorulrezervoarele
Genitiverezervoruluirezervoarelor
Accusativerezervorulrezervoarele
Vocativerezervorulerezervoarelor

Word family

rezervăreserve, supplyrezervato reserve, to bookrezervatreserved (booked, or reticent in manner)
rezervațiereservation (nature reserve)
rezervistreservist

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "rezervor" from French "réservoir" in the 19th century, during a period when Romanian absorbed large numbers of French words for modern technical life. The French word comes from "réserver" (to reserve), which traces to Latin "reservare," built from "re-" (back) and "servare" (to keep, watch over). The base sense is a place that keeps something in reserve.

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