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roată
wheel /ˈroa.tə/
noun#3549 most common
Also: Ferris wheel (roata mare/panoramică), gear/cog (roată dințată)
Example sentences
Mașina are patru roți.
The car has four wheels.
Roata bicicletei mele este spartă.
My bicycle's wheel is broken.
Copiii s-au dat în roata mare din parc.
The children rode the Ferris wheel in the park.
Mecanicul a înlocuit o roată dințată ruginită din motor.
The mechanic replaced a rusted cog wheel in the engine.
Se spune că norocul se învârte ca o roată.
They say that luck turns like a wheel.
Roata istoriei nu se oprește, oricât ar încerca cineva să-i schimbe cursul.
The wheel of history does not stop, however much someone might try to change its course.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | roată | roți |
| Genitive | roți | roților |
| Accusative | roată | roți |
| Vocative | roato | roților |
Word family
a rotito rotate, to spin
rotundround
rotațierotation
rotițăsmall wheel, cog
roată dințatăgear wheel, cog
Etymology
Roată descends from the Latin rota, meaning wheel. This is the same root that gave English words like rotate and rotary through later borrowings. Romanian kept the word as part of everyday vocabulary, unlike some Romance languages that shifted stress or spelling further.
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