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Romanian Spelled Like English
In Romanian some of the easiest words for English speakers are Romanian spelled like English. The Romanian words below are followed by their pronunciations to help you realize that these foreign words spelled exactly like English are really Romanian words. Some of the following Romanian words spelled like English are recently borrowed from English, like 'computer' and 'internet'. Some others have been borrowed from French ['ballet'] or from other languages by both English and Romanian. In the following pronunciation guide, Romanian words pronounced like English are enclosed in single quotation marks, as in: bacon [‘bacon’]. [Note: Many pronunciations are still to be added] ----- ROMANIAN SPELLED LIKE ENGLISH ROMANIAN -- [SAY] abrupt absent absurd accent accident -- [ak-chee-DENT] act actor adaptor -- [a-dap-TOR] adolescent adult adverb Africa -- [‘Africa’] african agent ah! album -- [al-BOOM] alibi altar altruism America american -- [a-me-ree-KAN] ancestral animal -- [a-nee-MAL] antibiotic are -- [AH-reh] arab argument arid aristocrat artificial -- [‘artificial’] artist Asia -- [AH-see-ah] asiatic aspect atlas august Australia -- [ow-STRAH-lee-ah] australian avid baby sitter -- [‘baby sitter’] bandit bar -- [‘bar’] bastard biscuit blond -- [‘blond’] blonde -- [BLON-deh] bravo! brutal business class -- [‘business class’] bust cabinet cactus café -- [‘café’] cafe-bar -- [‘cafe-bar’] calculator -- [kal-koo-la-TOR] calendar -- [ka-len-DAR] calm calorie camping -- [‘camping’] Canada -- [ka-NA-da] canadian -- [ka-na-dee-AN] canal cancer candid capital (money) -- [ka-pee-TAL] carburetor -- [kar-boo-ra-TOR] card -- [‘card’] catalog -- [ka-ta-LOG] caviar -- [ka-vee-AR] cellular -- [CHEL-oo-lar] centigram China -- [KEE-nah] cinema -- [chee-neh-MAH] circuit civic civil clarinet client club cod -- [‘cod’] coincide colonel colonial color -- [ko-LOR] computer -- [‘computer’] comic compact disc -- [‘compact’ deesk] compact disc player -- [‘compact’ deesk ‘player’] compatriot competent complex compliment component concept concern concert -- [kon-CHERT] confirm -- [kon-FEERM] conflict constant consul contact -- [kon-TAKT] context contract -- [kon-TRAKT] contrast control -- [kon-TROL] coral -- [ko-RAL] cost crab -- [‘crab’] crater credit -- [KREH-deet] critic cultural debit debut decadent decent decide decor deduce defect -- [de-FECT] deficient deficit democrat demographic dentist -- [den-TEEST] deodorant -- [de-o-do-RANT] dependent despot detergent -- [de-ter-JENT] dialect dialog dictator digital -- [dee-jee-TAL] diplomat direct -- [dee-REKT] disc -- [deesk] distant distinct district divan diverse divide dividend do doctor -- [‘doctor’] document domestic dramatic drastic duet DVD -- [‘DVD’] elastic -- [‘elastic] electric -- [‘electric’] electronic -- [‘electronic’] elegant element e-mail epic erotic european evident exact exclude exorbitant exotic expert explicit export exterior extravagant exuberant facial factor familiar fanatic fantastic fascism fatal fax -- [‘fax’] federal feminist fervent festival film -- [feelm] final flagrant flash fluent fluid format foto -- [‘foto’] fragment front frugal gangster gel -- [‘gel’] general generic genetic genital golf -- [‘golf’] gong gram gratis hazard hotel -- [‘hotel’] ideal idiot idol imperfect impertinent implicit import important -- [eem-por-TANT] impotent în -- [uhn] incest incident incipient include -- [een-KLOO-deh] incompetent independent index India indirect indulgent inexact inferior ingredient insolent interior -- [een-ter-ee-OR] instinct instructor instrument interior intern internet -- [een-ter-NET] internet-cafe -- [een-ter-NET-‘café’] interval intolerant introduce invalid jazz -- [‘jazz’] jet -- [spurt] jovial just -- [fair] kilogram -- [kee-lo-GRAM] kilowatt laser latent lateral latin laxative -- [lak-sa-TEE-veh] legal lift -- [elevator in Br.Eng.] ligament local lucid magic major maniac manual mat material -- [ma-te-ree-AL] mediator medical -- [med-ee-KAL] metabolism metal mine -- [MEE-neh] minor minute -- [mee-NOO-teh] mobile -- [mo-BEEL] model -- [mo-DEL] modern modest moment -- [mo-MENT] monument moral morbid motel -- [‘motel’] motor -- [mo-TOR] must mutual narcotic natural naval nomad normal -- [nor-MAL] nostalgic notes -- [NO-tes] nuclear ocean oh! omnipotent optician -- [op-tee-chee-AN] optimist oral orator organ organist orgasm original ornament oval pact paradox pardon -- [par-DON] particular -- [par-tee-koo-LAR] pastor -- [‘pastor’] patriot penal penis perfect permanent -- [per-ma-NENT] personal -- [per-so-NAL] picnic -- [peek-neek] pilot pistol plastic -- [‘plastic’] plural plus poet pop (music) -- [‘pop’] popular -- [po-pu-LAR] port -- [‘port’] post -- [‘post’] postal -- [pos-tal] premier pretext principal -- [preen-chee-PAL] produce profit -- [pro-FEET] program -- [pro-GRAM] prudent psalm public radar radiator -- [rad-ee-a-TOR] radical radio -- [RA-dee-oh] raid rapid -- [ra-PEED] real rebel record reduce referendum regret -- [‘regret’] relief reporter reproduce republican rest -- [remainder] restaurant -- [res-tau-RANT] rival robot robust România -- [ro-muh-NEE-ah] rural saliva satin -- [sa-TEEN] scandal secret seduce sentiment serial sex similar sincere -- [SEEN-cher-ah] singular slav snack bar -- ['snack bar'] snob social socialism sofa solemn solid special -- [spe-CHAL] specialist specific specimen spectator splendid spray -- [‘spray’] sport standard strict student -- [stoo-DENT] stupid subject super (gasoline) -- [‘super’] superb -- [‘superb’] superior surf -- [‘surf’] suspect tact talc -- [‘talc’] talent tampon taxi -- [tak-SEE] temperament tendon test text tic timid toast topaz -- [to-PAZ] total toxic tractor transfer -- [trans-FER] translator -- [tran-SLA-tor] transparent transport tribunal ulcer ultimatum uniform universal -- [oo-nee-ver-SAL] urban urgent -- [oor-JENT] vast vegetarian -- [ve-je-ta-ree-AN] vehement verb verdict vertical veteran veto viaduct video -- [VEE-de-oh] vigilant violent violet virgin virtual virus vital vulgar whisky -- [WEES-ky] windsurf -- [WEEND-surf] xerox zero -- [‘zero’] zigzag -----
Most foreign words related to English are spelled differently than English, but are still easy to recognize as related to English.
For a greater challenge, see Romanian Spelled Somewhat Like English for words similar to English, but spelled differently.
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