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tunel
tunnel /tuˈnel/
noun#2436 most common
Example sentences
Trenul trece printr-un tunel.
The train goes through a tunnel.
Tunelul este foarte lung.
The tunnel is very long.
Am condus prin tunel timp de zece minute.
I drove through the tunnel for ten minutes.
Muncitorii au săpat un tunel nou sub munte.
The workers dug a new tunnel under the mountain.
Autoritățile au decis să închidă tunelul pentru reparații neprevăzute.
The authorities decided to close the tunnel for unforeseen repairs.
Tunelurile subterane ale orașului vechi ascund povești pe care puțini locuitori le mai cunosc.
The underground tunnels of the old city hide stories that few residents still know.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tunel | tuneluri |
| Genitive | tunel | tuneluri |
| Accusative | tunel | tuneluri |
| Vocative | tunel | tuneluri |
Word family
tuneltunnel
tunelato bore or drive a tunnel
tunelarethe act of tunneling
tunelulthe tunnel (definite form)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "tunel" from French "tunnel" in the nineteenth century, as railway and mining engineering terms spread across Europe. French itself took the word from English "tunnel", which goes back to Old French "tonnelle", a diminutive of "tonne" (cask or barrel), describing a barrel-shaped vaulted passage. The word entered Romanian as part of a wave of French technical vocabulary during the modernization of Romanian infrastructure and language.
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