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tură
shift (a scheduled block of work time) /ˈtu.rə/
noun#1994 most common
Also: turn/round (of duty), watch (e.g., night watch)
Example sentences
Eu am o tură de noapte.
I have a night shift.
Mâine încep tura la ora opt.
Tomorrow I start the shift at eight o'clock.
Asistenta lucrează în tură de noapte la spital.
The nurse works the night shift at the hospital.
Fabrica funcționează non-stop, cu muncitorii împărțiți în trei ture.
The factory runs around the clock, with workers split into three shifts.
Șeful de tură trebuie să semneze raportul înainte de predarea turei următoare.
The shift supervisor must sign the report before handing it over to the next shift.
Deși epuizat după o tură de doisprezece ore, medicul a rămas să stabilizeze pacientul critic.
Although exhausted after a twelve-hour shift, the doctor stayed behind to stabilize the critical patient.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tură | ture |
| Genitive | ture | ture |
| Accusative | tură | ture |
| Vocative | tură | ture |
Word family
tura tour, a round, a lap
turisttourist
turneutournament, tourde turăon duty, of the shift (e.g., șef de tură)
Etymology
Tură entered Romanian from French tour and German Tour, both meaning a circuit or a round trip. In Romanian the word narrowed to mean a scheduled block of work time, a shift. The French and German words go back through Latin tornare, to turn on a lathe, to Greek tórnos, a turning tool.
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