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zgomot
noise /zɡoˈmot/
noun#1686 most common
Also: sound, racket, din
Example sentences
Aud un zgomot.
I hear a noise.
Zgomotul mă deranjează.
The noise bothers me.
Copiii au făcut mult zgomot în clasă.
The children made a lot of noise in the classroom.
Nu pot să dorm din cauza zgomotului de afară.
I can't sleep because of the noise outside.
Zgomotul asurzitor al traficului m-a făcut să-mi pierd concentrarea.
The deafening noise of traffic made me lose my concentration.
Deși ferestrele erau izolate fonic, zgomotele stradale reușeau totuși să pătrundă în încăpere, sâcâindu-l pe bătrân până la exasperare.
Although the windows were soundproofed, the street noises still managed to seep into the room, irritating the old man to the point of exasperation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zgomot | zgomote |
| Genitive | zgomotului | zgomotelor |
| Accusative | zgomot | zgomote |
| Vocative | zgomotule | zgomotelor |
Word family
zgomotosnoisy, loud
antizgomotnoise-canceling, anti-noise (e.g. căști antizgomot, noise-canceling headphones)
zgomot de fondbackground noise
fără zgomotsilently, without fuss
Etymology
The origin of Romanian "zgomot" is not fully settled. Most Romanian dictionaries treat it as coming from a Slavic source connected to words for noise or clamor, while others see it as an expressive formation shaped by the harsh-sounding initial cluster "zg-" found in other Romanian words for rough sounds, such as "zgârie" (scratches) and "zgâlțâie" (shakes roughly). No Proto-Indo-European root can be reliably assigned to it.
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