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09:24 Oct 17, 2014 |
Romanian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / iconografie | |||||||
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3 | glæs |
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glæs Explanation: Poate vreţi aşa, un arhaism. From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related root *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”); cognate with West Frisian glês, Low German Glas, Dutch glas, German Glas, Icelandic gler. Origin Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas. Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glass Reference: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/glass |
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bottle, glass glajă Explanation: glajă este un regionalism din zona Ardealului si este (era) folosit pentru sticla, recipient sau sticla de lampă. Poate fi tradus fie cu bottle, fie cu glass, depinde de context. Example sentence(s):
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