legătură

See also: legatura and legătura

Romanian

Etymology

From lega + -ătură or Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligātus. Doublet of ligatură.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.ɡəˈtu.rə/
  • Rhymes: -urə
  • Hyphenation: le‧gă‧tu‧ră

Noun

legătură f (plural legături)

  1. connection, bond, link
  2. human relationship, relation, connection, bond
    Synonym: relație
    a ține legăturato keep in touch
    • 1939 July, Mihail Sebastian, “Notă despre un liceu [Note on a high school]”, in Revista Fundațiilor Regale, year 6, number 7, page 190:
      Cred într’adevăr că există o legătură familială între toți foștii elevi ai liceului Bălcescu, []
      I truly believe there exists a family bond between all former students of the Bălcescu High School, []
    • 1980, Revista economică, Bucharest, page 9:
      Ele nu pot funcționa altfel decît întreținînd complexe legături de cooperare.
      They may only function by fostering complex relations of cooperation.
    • 2015, chapter 14, in Ciprian Șiulea, transl., Fără tine, noi nu existăm: viaţa mea secretă ca profesoară a copiilor elitei nord-coreene, Iași: Polirom, translation of Without you, there is no us: my time with sons of North Korea’s elite by Suki Kim, →ISBN:
      Eram neliniștită, neștiind dacă legătura mea cu studenții supraviețuise perioadei de despărțire.
      I was nervous, not knowing whether my bond with the students had survived my time away.
  3. (telecommunications) connection, line
    a da legăturato put through, to connect
    a pierde legăturato lose connection
  4. bundle (group of objects tied together)
  5. bundle (package or sack for carrying)
    Synonym: boccea
  6. (chemistry) bond
  7. (Internet) hyperlink, link
    Synonym: link
  8. binding of a book
  9. (now technical) tie, belt, loop (something that binds)
  10. (now rare) Synonym of legare (tying, binding)
  11. (in the plural) fetters, shackles
  12. (figurative, now rare) captivity, yoke, slavery
    Synonym: robie
  13. (now uncommon) kerchief
  14. (dated) necktie
    Synonym: cravată
  15. (skiing) ski binding
  16. (medicine, archaic) bandage
    Synonyms: bandaj, pansament
  17. (medicine, obsolete or regional) poultice, cataplasm
    Synonym: cataplasmă
  18. (medicine, obsolete) ligament
  19. (figurative, in the plural, obsolete) prison
    Synonyms: închisoare, pușcărie, penitenciar, temniță
  20. (grammar, obsolete) conjunction
    Synonym: conjuncție

Declension

References

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