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sân
breast /ˈsɨn/
noun#1730 most common
Also: bosom, chest (in the sense of 'held close'), bosom/heart of (figurative: within a group)
Example sentences
Bebelușul suge la sânul mamei.
The baby is nursing at its mother's breast.
Ea și-a strâns copilul la sân.
She held her child close to her breast.
Doctorul i-a recomandat o mamografie pentru sânul stâng.
The doctor recommended a mammogram for her left breast.
A crescut în sânul unei familii numeroase.
He grew up in the bosom of a large family.
Purta scrisoarea ascunsă la sân, aproape de inimă.
She carried the letter hidden at her breast, close to her heart.
Trădarea venită din sânul propriului partid a zguduit întreaga conducere.
The betrayal from within his own party shook the entire leadership.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sânul | sânii |
| Genitive | sânului | sânilor |
| Accusative | sânul | sânii |
| Vocative | sânule | sânilor |
Word family
sânibreasts (plural)
sânosfull-bosomed, busty
sânișorlittle breast (diminutive, poetic)
în sânulwithin, in the bosom of (fixed figurative phrase)
Etymology
Sân descends from Latin sinus, meaning a fold, curve, or bosom. The word passed directly into Romanian through everyday speech, keeping both its physical sense (breast, chest) and its figurative one (the bosom or heart of something, as in a family or a group). Other Romance languages inherited the same root, giving close relatives across the family.
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