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unghi

angle /ˈuŋɡʲ/

noun#4309 most common

Also: angle of view (photography), point of view (figurative)

Example sentences

Acest unghi este drept.
This angle is a right angle.
Copilul desenează un unghi pe caiet.
The child draws an angle in the notebook.
Trebuie să măsori unghiul dintre cele două linii.
You need to measure the angle between the two lines.
Fotograful a ales un unghi neobișnuit pentru acest portret.
The photographer chose an unusual angle for this portrait.
Din acest unghi, situația pare mult mai complicată decât părea inițial.
From this angle, the situation seems much more complicated than it first appeared.
Unghiurile de incidență și de reflexie ale unei raze de lumină sunt întotdeauna egale.
The angles of incidence and reflection of a light ray are always equal.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeunghiunghiuri
Genitiveunghiuluiunghiurilor
Accusativeunghiunghiuri
Vocativeunghiunghiuri

Word family

triunghitriangle
dreptunghirectangle
unghiularangular
unghiuriangles (plural form)

Etymology

Unghi comes from Latin angulus, meaning angle or corner. Romanian inherited the word directly from spoken Latin, and the initial vowel shifted from a to u, a change seen in other inherited words. The term stayed close to its original sense and became the standard word for a geometric angle. English angle is a distant relative, since both words descend from the same Latin root.

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