lanț

See also: lant, Lant, LANT, and lånt

Romanian

Etymology

Through Hungarian lánc from Middle High German lanne (“chain”) with a Slavic suffix *-ьcь, the Middle High German from Old High German lanna (“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), from Vulgar Latin lanna from Latin lāmina (“sheet especially of metal”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ла́нац (“chain”), Slovene lanec (“chain”), Macedonian and Bulgarian ланец (lanec, “golden or silver chain”), South and Western Russian ланцу́г (lancúg, “chain”), Polish łańcuch (“chain”), Czech and Slovak lano (“cable, rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lant͡s/

Noun

lanț n (plural lanțuri)

1. chain

Declension

Declension of lanț

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lanț	lanțul	(niște) lanțuri	lanțurile
genitive/dative	(unui) lanț	lanțului	(unor) lanțuri	lanțurilor
vocative	lanțule		lanțurilor

Derived terms

• dezlănțui
• lănțuș

Further reading

• lanț in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)