Gas stove
Definition
A household kitchen appliance used for the thermal preparation of food, consisting of a cooktop with multiple burners and an integrated oven, usually powered by liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, or electricity. In modern Romanian, the term has become a generalized common noun through the process of eponymy, originating from the name of the bottled gas historically distributed during the communist era.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Gas stove
- Kitchen range
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, adapting regularly into standard plural paradigms and standard grammatical case variants. |
| Formation | Historical Romanian commercial acronym combining the prefix AR (from Astra Română) and the noun GAZ (gas), generalized via product integration. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.raˈɡaz] |
| Source | Lexicon of Industrial Trade Names, Eponyms, and Domestic Material Culture |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Proprietarul a cumpărat un aragaz modern din inox prevăzut cu arzătoare cu aprindere electrică și sistem de siguranță.
EN: The owner purchased a modern stainless steel gas stove equipped with electric ignition burners and a safety system.
RO: Mirosul puternic din bucătărie indica faptul că o persoană uitase să închidă complet robinetul de la aragaz.
EN: The strong smell in the kitchen indicated that someone had forgotten to completely close the valve on the gas stove.
RO: Gospodina a curățat plita acestui aragaz vechi folosind o soluție specială pentru îndepărtarea grăsimilor arse.
EN: The housewife cleaned the cooktop of this old kitchen cooker using a special solution for removing burnt grease.
Idioms & Phrases
Ochi de aragaz / Stove burner / gas hob burner
RO: Fiecare dintre arzătoarele individuale situate pe plita aparatului, destinate așezării vaselor de gătit.
EN: Each of the individual burners located on the appliance's cooktop, intended for placing cooking vessels.
Butelie de aragaz / Gas cylinder / LPG tank
RO: Recipientul metalic sub presiune umplut cu gaz lichefiat, utilizat pentru alimentarea aparatului în zonele fără rețea publică.
EN: The pressurized metallic container filled with liquefied gas, used to power the appliance in areas without a public grid.
Aragaz electric / Electric stove / electric range
RO: Variantă modernă a aparatului de gătit care utilizează rezistențe electrice sau inducție electromagnetică în locul arzătoarelor pe gaz.
EN: A modern variant of the cooking appliance that utilizes electrical resistances or electromagnetic induction instead of gas burners.
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