cumpănă

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Romanian

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Cumpănă (sense 1)
Cumpănă (sense 2)

Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic кѫпона (kǫpona), from Latin campāna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cumpănă f (plural cumpene)

  1. (literal, dated) balance, scales (instrument of measure with two plates in equilibrium)
    Synonym: balanță
  2. shadoof
    fântână cu cumpănăwell with shadoof
  3. (now uncommon) danger, trial
    Synonyms: pericol, primejdie
  4. (obsolete) equilibrium
    Synonym: echilibru
  5. (obsolete) measure, judgement
    Synonyms: judecată, măsură
  6. (obsolete) moderation
    Synonyms: cumpăt, moderație
  7. (obsolete, rare) influence (social leverage)
    Synonyms: greutate, influență, trecere
  8. (sheepherding) quota of cheese given by the hired shepherd to the owner of the sheep
  9. (Moldavia (region)) great storm
    Synonym: rupere de nori

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cumpănă cumpăna cumpene cumpenele
genitive-dative cumpene cumpenei cumpene cumpenelor
vocative cumpănă, cumpăno cumpenelor

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: kompona

References

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