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vânt
wind /vɨnt/
noun#1276 most common
Also: breeze, gale
Example sentences
Afară bate vânt.
Outside the wind is blowing.
Vântul este foarte puternic astăzi.
The wind is very strong today.
Copiii aleargă pe plajă când bate vântul.
The children run on the beach when the wind blows.
Vântul a rupt câteva crengi din copacul din curte.
The wind broke several branches off the tree in the yard.
Corăbierii așteptau un vânt prielnic pentru a ridica ancora.
The sailors waited for a favorable wind to raise the anchor.
Toate promisiunile sale s-au dus pe vânt, lăsând în urmă doar dezamăgire.
All his promises came to nothing, leaving only disappointment behind.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vântul | vânturile |
| Genitive | vântului | vânturilor |
| Accusative | vântul | vânturile |
| Vocative | vântule | vânturilor |
Word family
vântoswindy
vânturato winnow grain; to toss about or wander
vânturelkestrel, a small falcon (literally little wind)
vântoasăwhirlwind fairy in Romanian folklore
Etymology
Vânt descends from Latin ventus, meaning wind. The word passed down through popular spoken Latin into Romanian with regular sound changes, including the nasalization that produced the â. It belongs to the oldest layer of Romanian vocabulary inherited directly from Latin, rather than borrowed later.
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