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unt
butter /unt/
noun#3022 most common
Example sentences
Pâinea cu unt este gustoasă.
Bread with butter is tasty.
Pun unt pe pâine dimineața.
I put butter on bread in the morning.
Untul trebuie ținut la frigider.
The butter must be kept in the fridge.
Am folosit unt în loc de ulei la prăjit.
I used butter instead of oil for frying.
Prețul untului a crescut mult anul acesta.
The price of butter has risen a lot this year.
Cofetarul susținea că untului de calitate superioară i se datorează gustul desăvârșit al croasantelor.
The pastry chef maintained that the superior-quality butter was responsible for the exquisite taste of the croissants.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | unt (untul) | – |
| Genitive | untului | – |
| Accusative | unt (untul) | – |
| Vocative | – | – |
Word family
unturălard, animal fat
unturosgreasy, fatty
untdelemncooking oil (literally wood-butter)
a ungeto smear, grease, or anoint
Etymology
Romanian unt comes from Latin unctum, the neuter form of unctus, past participle of unguere, meaning to anoint or smear with grease. The word kept its core sense of a soft, spreadable fat as Latin developed into Romanian in the region north of the Danube. It stands apart from most Romanian food words in staying very close to its Latin source in both sound and shape.
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