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tavan
ceiling /taˈvan/
noun#5447 most common
Also: cap, upper limit (figurative, as in a price or wage ceiling)
Example sentences
Tavanul este alb.
The ceiling is white.
Camera are un tavan înalt.
The room has a high ceiling.
Am pus o lampă nouă pe tavan.
I put a new lamp on the ceiling.
Tavanul din sufragerie are câteva fisuri.
The ceiling in the living room has a few cracks.
Muncitorii au reparat tavanul care căzuse din cauza umezelii.
The workers repaired the ceiling that had fallen because of dampness.
Arhitectul a proiectat un tavan boltit, ornamentat cu fresce, care domină întreaga sală.
The architect designed a vaulted ceiling, decorated with frescoes, that dominates the entire hall.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tavanul | tavanele |
| Genitive | tavanului | tavanelor |
| Accusative | tavanul | tavanele |
| Vocative | tavanule | tavanelor |
Word family
tavanceiling
tavan falsdrop ceiling, suspended ceiling
tavan salarialwage cap
preț-tavanprice ceiling, price cap
Etymology
Tavan entered Romanian from Ottoman Turkish tavan, meaning ceiling. The borrowing dates to the long period of Ottoman political and cultural contact with the Romanian principalities, which left many everyday household words of Turkish origin in the language. The same Turkish source spread to neighboring Balkan languages, though the meaning shifted in some of them.
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