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Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin clāvis, clāvem.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
cheie m or f or n (indeclinable)
- key, chief
Declension
Declension of cheie (invariable)
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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nominative/
accusative
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indefinite
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cheie
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cheie
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cheie
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cheie
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genitive/
dative
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indefinite
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cheie
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cheie
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cheie
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cheie
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Noun
cheie f (plural chei)
- key (device for unlocking)
- key (crucial step or requirement)
- wrench, spanner
- (music) clef
- (in the plural) gorge, ravine
Declension
Declension of cheie
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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(o) cheie
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cheia
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(niște) chei
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cheile
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| genitive/dative
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(unei) chei
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cheii
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(unor) chei
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cheilor
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| vocative
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cheie, cheio
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cheilor
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References
- ^ Gabriela Panã Dindelegan, Martin Maiden, The Grammar of Romanian (2013), page 10: "The consonants are an innovation of Daco-Romanian; they originated in the clusters (< Lat. ), (< Lat. ), where has undergone palatalization: cheie 'key' < clavis, "