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vilă
villa (a detached, often upscale house, frequently used as a vacation home) /ˈvi.lə/
noun#5156 most common
Also: country house, mansion
Example sentences
Vila este mare.
The villa is big.
Avem o vilă la munte.
We have a villa in the mountains.
Familia mea a cumpărat o vilă lângă mare.
My family bought a villa near the sea.
Ne-am petrecut vacanța într-o vilă frumoasă cu piscină.
We spent our vacation in a beautiful villa with a pool.
Prețul vilei a crescut considerabil după renovare.
The price of the villa rose considerably after the renovation.
Vilele construite pe litoral în perioada interbelică reflectă influența arhitecturii franceze.
The villas built on the coast during the interwar period reflect the influence of French architecture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vilă | vile |
| Genitive | vilei | vilelor |
| Accusative | vilă | vile |
| Vocative | vilo | vilelor |
Word family
vilăvilla
vilișoarăsmall villa, cottage
vilegiaturăa stay at a holiday resort or villa
vilegiaturistperson staying at a resort or villa
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "vilă" from French "villa" (itself from Italian "villa") in the 19th century, as part of a wave of Western European vocabulary that entered the language during modernization. The word traces back to Latin "villa", meaning a country estate or farmhouse. Latin "villa" is thought to derive from an older form related to "vicus", meaning settlement or hamlet.
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