cumpănă

Romanian
Cumpănă (sense 1)
Cumpănă (sense 2)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkum.pə.nə/
  • Rhymes: -umpənə
  • Hyphenation: cum‧pă‧nă

Noun

cumpănă f (plural cumpene)

  1. (literal, dated) balance, scales (instrument of measure with two plates in equilibrium)
    Synonym: balanță
  2. shadoof
    fântână cu cumpănă ― well 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
Declension of cumpănă
singular plural
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
  • cumpăna apelor
  • cumpăni
  • în cumpănă
  • pune în cumpănă

Descendants
  • → Hungarian: kompona

References
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