cumpănă
التعريفات والمعاني
== Romanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
кумпэнэ (cumpănă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
=== 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)
(literal, dated) balance, scales (instrument of measure with two plates in equilibrium)
Synonym: balanță
shadoof
fântână cu cumpănă ― well with shadoof
(now uncommon) danger, trial
Synonyms: pericol, primejdie
(obsolete) equilibrium
Synonym: echilibru
(obsolete) measure, judgement
Synonyms: judecată, măsură
(obsolete) moderation
Synonyms: cumpăt, moderație
(obsolete, rare) influence (social leverage)
Synonyms: greutate, influență, trecere
(sheepherding) quota of cheese given by the hired shepherd to the owner of the sheep
(Moldavia (region)) great storm
Synonym: rupere de nori
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
cumpăna apelor
cumpăni
în cumpănă
pune în cumpănă
==== Descendants ====
→ Hungarian: kompona
=== References ===
“cumpănă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026