cumpănă
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Church Slavonic кѫпона (kǫpona), from Latin campāna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cumpănă f (plural cumpene)
- (literal, dated) balance, scales (instrument of measure with two plates in equilibrium)
- Synonym: balanță
- shadoof
- fântână cu cumpănă ― well with shadoof
- (now uncommon) danger, trial
- (obsolete) equilibrium
- Synonym: echilibru
- (obsolete) measure, judgement
- (obsolete) moderation
- (obsolete, rare) influence (social leverage)
- (sheepherding) quota of cheese given by the hired shepherd to the owner of the sheep
- (Moldavia (region)) great storm
- Synonym: rupere de nori
Declension edit
Declension of cumpănă
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) cumpănă | cumpăna | (niște) cumpene | cumpenele |
genitive/dative | (unei) cumpene | cumpenei | (unor) cumpene | cumpenelor |
vocative | cumpănă, cumpăno | cumpenelor |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Hungarian: kompona
References edit
- cumpănă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)