Noun: carte
Long Infinitive of Verb:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | carte |
| Sg. Def. | cartea |
| Pl. Indef. | cărți |
| Pl. Def. | cărțile |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | cărți |
| Sg. Def. | cărții |
| Pl. Indef. | cărți |
| Pl. Def. | cărților |
Vocative
| Singular | carte; carteo |
| Plural | cărților |
Sample Sentences
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a citi o carte (to read a book)
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jocuri de cărți (card games)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin charta, possibly through a hypothetical earlier Romanian intermediate form *cartă, and created from its plural (thus deriving its meaning from "many papers"). Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of cartă, a borrowing, as well as hartă, from Greek, and hârtie, from Greek and South Slavic. See: Latin Nouns '
charta', Ancient Greek Nouns '
χάρτης'.
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