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subsol
basement /subˈsol/
noun#2670 most common
Also: cellar, footer/footnote area (of a page), lower level (of a building)
Example sentences
Pisica doarme în subsol.
The cat sleeps in the basement.
Subsolul casei este rece iarna.
The house's basement is cold in winter.
Am pus vinul la păstrare în subsolul blocului.
I put the wine to store in the apartment building's basement.
Muncitorii au descoperit o conductă spartă în subsolul clădirii.
The workers discovered a broken pipe in the building's basement.
Într-o notă de subsol, autorul explică originea termenului.
In a footnote, the author explains the origin of the term.
Arhitectul a proiectat subsolurile celor două clădiri astfel încât să comunice printr-un tunel.
The architect designed the basements of the two buildings so that they connect through a tunnel.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | subsol | subsoluri |
| Genitive | subsolului | subsolurilor |
| Accusative | subsol | subsoluri |
| Vocative | subsolule | subsolurilor |
Word family
solground, soil
demisolhalf-basement, mezzanine level partly below ground
notă de subsolfootnote (literally a note at the bottom of the page)
Etymology
Subsol is a compound formed from the prefix sub- (under) and sol (ground, soil), both from Latin: sub and solum. The word describes the part of a building that lies below ground level. Romance languages built parallel compounds from the same Latin parts, so the word will look familiar to French or Italian speakers.
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