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sapte

seven /ˈʃapte/

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Also: 7 (the numeral)

Example sentences

Am șapte ani.
I am seven years old.
Sunt șapte zile într-o săptămână.
There are seven days in a week.
Ea are șapte cărți pe masă.
She has seven books on the table.
Ne întâlnim la ora șapte în fața cinematografului.
We're meeting at seven o'clock in front of the cinema.
Din cei șapte candidați, doar unul a fost ales.
Of the seven candidates, only one was chosen.
Cei șapte pitici din poveste au muncit împreună ca să o ajute pe Albă ca Zăpada.
The seven dwarfs in the story worked together to help Snow White.

Word family

al șaptelea / a șapteathe seventh (ordinal)
șaptesprezeceseventeen
șaptezeciseventy
șaptimea seventh (fraction, one part in seven)

Etymology

Șapte comes from Latin septem, the same root that gave English "seven" and "September." The Latin numeral descends from a very old Indo-European word for the number seven, preserved with little change across most of the family. Romanian kept the initial consonant cluster softened into "ș," a regular sound shift from Latin s before certain vowels.

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