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turn
tower /ˈturn/
noun#1911 most common
Also: steeple, turret
Example sentences
Turnul este înalt.
The tower is tall.
Vedem un turn vechi în oraș.
We see an old tower in the city.
Turnul din piața centrală a fost construit în secolul al XV-lea.
The tower in the central square was built in the 15th century.
Din vârful turnului, priveliștea asupra orașului este spectaculoasă.
From the top of the tower, the view over the city is spectacular.
Turnurile catedralei domină silueta orașului medieval.
The cathedral's towers dominate the medieval city's skyline.
Restaurarea turnului de veghe a necesitat fonduri considerabile, întrucât structura sa seculară fusese grav afectată de umezeală.
The restoration of the watchtower required considerable funds, since its centuries-old structure had been badly damaged by damp.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | turn / turnul | turnuri / turnurile |
| Genitive | turn / turnului | turnuri / turnurilor |
| Accusative | turn / turnul | turnuri / turnurile |
| Vocative | turnule | turnurilor |
Word family
turnulețturret, small tower
turn de controlcontrol tower
turn de veghewatchtower
turn de fildeșivory tower (idiom)
Etymology
Romanian "turn" goes back to Latin "turris" (tower), the same source that gave Italian "torre", French "tour" and Spanish "torre". Most dictionaries note that the Romanian form likely reached the language through an Old Slavic intermediary rather than directly from spoken Latin, which explains the added final "-n". The ultimate origin of "turris" itself is uncertain and may predate Indo-European languages in the Mediterranean area.
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