acacia

Borrowed from Latin acacia or French acacia.


cod

cozi (plural)
cod (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
codul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cozi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cozii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cod (indefinite singular)
codului (definite singular)
cozi (indefinite plural)
cozilor (definite plural)
codule (singular vocative)
cozilor (plural vocative)


alpaca

alpacale (plural)
alpaca (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
alpacaua (accusative definite nominative singular)
alpacale (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
alpacalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
alpacale (indefinite singular)
alpacalei (definite singular)
alpacale (indefinite plural)
alpacalelor (definite plural)
alpaca (singular vocative)
alpacalelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French alpaga, alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.


pom

pomi (plural)
pom (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pomul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pomi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pomii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pom (indefinite singular)
pomului (definite singular)
pomi (indefinite plural)
pomilor (definite plural)
pomule (singular vocative)
pomilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) + *h₁em- (“take”). See pōmum.


koala

koala (plural)
koala (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
koalaul (accusative definite nominative singular)
koala (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
koala (indefinite singular)
koalaului (definite singular)
koala (indefinite plural)
koala (singular vocative)


kiwi

kiwi (plural)
kiwi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
kiwiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
kiwi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
kiwile (accusative definite nominative plural)
kiwi (indefinite singular)
kiwii (definite singular)
kiwi (indefinite plural)
kiwilor (definite plural)


hamster

hamsteri (plural)
hamster (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hamsterul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hamsteri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hamsterii (accusative definite nominative plural)
hamster (indefinite singular)
hamsterului (definite singular)
hamsteri (indefinite plural)
hamsterilor (definite plural)
hamsterule (singular vocative)
hamsterilor (plural vocative)


om

oameni (plural)
om (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
omul (accusative definite nominative singular)
oameni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
oamenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
om (indefinite singular)
omului (definite singular)
oameni (indefinite plural)
oamenilor (definite plural)
omule (singular vocative)
oamenilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin homō (nominative). The plural reflects Latin hominēs.


car

cari (plural)
car (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
carii (accusative definite nominative plural)
car (indefinite singular)
carului (definite singular)
cari (indefinite plural)
carilor (definite plural)
carule (singular vocative)
carilor (plural vocative)

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.


ai

From an old or proto-Romanian form ae, from Latin habēs.

(you) have...

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)


pin

pini (plural)
pin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pin (indefinite singular)
pinului (definite singular)
pini (indefinite plural)
pinilor (definite plural)
pinule (singular vocative)
pinilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).


cardinal

ro-adj

cardinal m or n (feminine singular cardinală, masculine plural cardinali, feminine and neuter plural cardinale)

cardinală (feminine singular)
cardinali (masculine plural)
cardinale (feminine neuter plural)
cardinal (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
cardinală (feminine indefinite singular)
cardinali (indefinite masculine plural)
cardinale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
cardinalul (definite masculine neuter singular)
cardinala (definite feminine singular)
cardinalii (definite masculine plural)
cardinalele (definite feminine neuter plural)
cardinale (feminine indefinite singular)
cardinalului (definite masculine neuter singular)
cardinalei (definite feminine singular)
cardinalelor (definite masculine plural)
cardinalilor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French cardinal, Latin cardinālis.


cardinal

cardinali (plural)
cardinal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cardinalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cardinali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cardinalii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cardinal (indefinite singular)
cardinalului (definite singular)
cardinali (indefinite plural)
cardinalilor (definite plural)
cardinalule (singular vocative)
cardinalilor (plural vocative)

a variety of grape, cultivated for consumption


jaguar

jaguari (plural)
jaguar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
jaguarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
jaguari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
jaguarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
jaguar (indefinite singular)
jaguarului (definite singular)
jaguari (indefinite plural)
jaguarilor (definite plural)
jaguarule (singular vocative)
jaguarilor (plural vocative)


miel

ro-noun

miel m (plural miei, feminine equivalent mia)

miei (plural)
equivalent mia (feminine)
miel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mielul (accusative definite nominative singular)
miei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mieii (accusative definite nominative plural)
miel (indefinite singular)
mielului (definite singular)
miei (indefinite plural)
mieilor (definite plural)
mielule (singular vocative)
mieilor (plural vocative)

For earlier *amniel, from Latin agnellus (“lambkin, little lamb”), diminutive of agnus (“lamb”). Not to be confused with miere (“honey”).


pară

pere (plural)
pară (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
para (accusative definite nominative singular)
pere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
perele (accusative definite nominative plural)
pere (indefinite singular)
perei (definite singular)
pere (indefinite plural)
perelor (definite plural)
pară (singular vocative)
paro (singular vocative)
perelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, considered as a feminine singular.


emu

emu (plural)
emu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
emuul (accusative definite nominative singular)
emu (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
emui (accusative definite nominative plural)
emu (indefinite singular)
emuului (definite singular)
emu (indefinite plural)
emulor (definite plural)
emuule (singular vocative)
emulor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French émou or German Emu.


vier

vieri (plural)
vier (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vierul (accusative definite nominative singular)
vieri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vierii (accusative definite nominative plural)
vier (indefinite singular)
vierului (definite singular)
vieri (indefinite plural)
vierilor (definite plural)
vierule (singular vocative)
vierilor (plural vocative)

From vie (“vineyard”), or from Latin vīneārius.


gnu

gnu (accusative indefinite nominative)
gnul (accusative definite nominative)
gnu (indefinite)
gnului (definite)
gnule (vocative)


petrel

petrei (plural)
petrel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
petrelul (accusative definite nominative singular)
petrei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
petreii (accusative definite nominative plural)
petrel (indefinite singular)
petrelului (definite singular)
petrei (indefinite plural)
petreilor (definite plural)
petrelule (singular vocative)
petreilor (plural vocative)


flamingo

flamingi (plural)
flamingo (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
flamingoul (accusative definite nominative singular)
flamingi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
flamingii (accusative definite nominative plural)
flamingo (indefinite singular)
flamingoului (definite singular)
flamingi (indefinite plural)
flamingilor (definite plural)
flamingoule (singular vocative)
flamingilor (plural vocative)
flamingo (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
flamingul (accusative definite nominative singular)
flamingi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
flamingii (accusative definite nominative plural)
flamingo (indefinite singular)
flamingului (definite singular)
flamingi (indefinite plural)
flamingilor (definite plural)
flamingule (singular vocative)
flamingilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (“flame colored”).


scorpion

scorpioni (plural)
scorpion (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
scorpionul (accusative definite nominative singular)
scorpioni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
scorpionii (accusative definite nominative plural)
scorpion (indefinite singular)
scorpionului (definite singular)
scorpioni (indefinite plural)
scorpionilor (definite plural)
scorpionule (singular vocative)
scorpionilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Doublet of scorpie.


leopard

leoparzi (plural)
leopard (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
leopardul (accusative definite nominative singular)
leoparzi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
leoparzii (accusative definite nominative plural)
leopard (indefinite singular)
leopardului (definite singular)
leoparzi (indefinite plural)
leoparzilor (definite plural)
leopardule (singular vocative)
leoparzilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French léopard, from Latin leopardus.


caiman

caimani (plural)
caiman (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
caimanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
caimani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caimanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
caiman (indefinite singular)
caimanului (definite singular)
caimani (indefinite plural)
caimanilor (definite plural)
caimanule (singular vocative)
caimanilor (plural vocative)


ton

toni (plural)
ton (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
toni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ton (indefinite singular)
tonului (definite singular)
toni (indefinite plural)
tonilor (definite plural)
tonule (singular vocative)
tonilor (plural vocative)


dragon

dragoni (plural)
dragon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dragonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
dragoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dragonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
dragon (indefinite singular)
dragonului (definite singular)
dragoni (indefinite plural)
dragonilor (definite plural)
dragonule (singular vocative)
dragonilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem. Doublet of the inherited drac (“devil”).

a flying lizard species (of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona)


ren

reni (plural)
ren (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
renul (accusative definite nominative singular)
reni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
renii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ren (indefinite singular)
renului (definite singular)
reni (indefinite plural)
renilor (definite plural)
renule (singular vocative)
renilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French renne, from Swedish ren, from Old Norse hreinn.


vacă

vaci (plural)
vacă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vaca (accusative definite nominative singular)
vaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vacile (accusative definite nominative plural)
vaci (indefinite singular)
vacii (definite singular)
vaci (indefinite plural)
vacilor (definite plural)
vacă (singular vocative)
vaco (singular vocative)
vacilor (plural vocative)


capră

capre (plural)
capră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
capra (accusative definite nominative singular)
capre (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caprele (accusative definite nominative plural)
capre (indefinite singular)
caprei (definite singular)
capre (indefinite plural)
caprelor (definite plural)
capră (singular vocative)
capro (singular vocative)
caprelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.


caviar

caviar (accusative indefinite nominative)
caviarul (accusative definite nominative)
caviar (indefinite)
caviarului (definite)
caviarule (vocative)

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).


bob

boburi (plural)
bob (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bobul (accusative definite nominative singular)
boburi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
boburile (accusative definite nominative plural)
bob (indefinite singular)
bobului (definite singular)
boburi (indefinite plural)
boburilor (definite plural)
bobule (singular vocative)
boburilor (plural vocative)


pelican

pelicani (plural)
pelican (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pelicanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pelicani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pelicanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pelican (indefinite singular)
pelicanului (definite singular)
pelicani (indefinite plural)
pelicanilor (definite plural)
pelicanule (singular vocative)
pelicanilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelicānus. Compare Aromanian pilican.

pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)


frag

fragi (plural)
frag (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fragul (accusative definite nominative singular)
fragi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fragii (accusative definite nominative plural)
frag (indefinite singular)
fragului (definite singular)
fragi (indefinite plural)
fragilor (definite plural)
fragule (singular vocative)
fragilor (plural vocative)

Fragaria vesca
Fragaria vesca#Translingual

woodland strawberry plant, Fragaria vesca


corn

corni (plural)
corn (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cornul (accusative definite nominative singular)
corni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cornii (accusative definite nominative plural)
corn (indefinite singular)
cornului (definite singular)
corni (indefinite plural)
cornilor (definite plural)
cornule (singular vocative)
cornilor (plural vocative)


asin

asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)

asini (plural)
equivalent asină (feminine)
asin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
asinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
asini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
asinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
asin (indefinite singular)
asinului (definite singular)
asini (indefinite plural)
asinilor (definite plural)
asinule (singular vocative)
asinilor (plural vocative)

From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.

(regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey


martin

martini (plural)
martin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
martinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
martini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
martinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
martin (indefinite singular)
martinului (definite singular)
martini (indefinite plural)
martinilor (definite plural)
martinule (singular vocative)
martinilor (plural vocative)

bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family.


sorg

sorg (accusative indefinite nominative)
sorgul (accusative definite nominative)
sorg (indefinite)
sorgului (definite)
sorgule (vocative)

Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.


tei

tei (plural)
tei (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
teiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
teii (accusative definite nominative plural)
tei (indefinite singular)
teiului (definite singular)
tei (indefinite plural)
teilor (definite plural)
teiule (singular vocative)
teilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin tilia, turned masculine in assimilation to other tree names, or through Vulgar Latin *tilius. Compare Italian tiglio and Friulian tei.


albatros

albatroși (plural)
albatros (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
albatrosul (accusative definite nominative singular)
albatroși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
albatroșii (accusative definite nominative plural)
albatros (indefinite singular)
albatrosului (definite singular)
albatroși (indefinite plural)
albatroșilor (definite plural)
albatrosule (singular vocative)
albatroșilor (plural vocative)


vulpe

vulpe f (plural vulpi, masculine equivalent vulpoi)

vulpi (plural)
equivalent vulpoi (masculine)
vulpe (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vulpea (accusative definite nominative singular)
vulpi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vulpile (accusative definite nominative plural)
vulpi (indefinite singular)
vulpii (definite singular)
vulpi (indefinite plural)
vulpilor (definite plural)
vulpe (singular vocative)
vulpeo (singular vocative)
vulpilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin vulpēs, vulpem, from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).


porc

porci (plural)
porc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
porcul (accusative definite nominative singular)
porci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
porcii (accusative definite nominative plural)
porc (indefinite singular)
porcului (definite singular)
porci (indefinite plural)
porcilor (definite plural)
porcule (singular vocative)
porcilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).


crab

crabi (plural)
crab (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
crabul (accusative definite nominative singular)
crabi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
crabii (accusative definite nominative plural)
crab (indefinite singular)
crabului (definite singular)
crabi (indefinite plural)
crabilor (definite plural)
crabule (singular vocative)
crabilor (plural vocative)


boxer

boxeri (plural)
boxer (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
boxerul (accusative definite nominative singular)
boxeri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
boxerii (accusative definite nominative plural)
boxer (indefinite singular)
boxerului (definite singular)
boxeri (indefinite plural)
boxerilor (definite plural)
boxerule (singular vocative)
boxerilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English boxer, French boxer, German Boxer.


leu

lei (plural)
leu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
leul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
leii (accusative definite nominative plural)
leu (indefinite singular)
leului (definite singular)
lei (indefinite plural)
leilor (definite plural)
leule (singular vocative)
leilor (plural vocative)

Probably a later learned borrowing from Latin leō (“lion”) (around the 17th century), itself from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). If inherited from the nominative form, the expected result in Romanian would have been *ieu (as iepure from leporem); furthermore, all the other Romance cognates were derived from the accusative form leōnem or genitive leōnis (and some were borrowings themselves). Cf. also lăun and Lăune(le) (“a river in Romania”), as well as leoaie.
For the name of the currency, it was probably based on the Dutch leeuwendaalder (“lion thaler/dollar”), which depicted a lion; compare daalder, also German Löwenthaler. This traces back to the 17th century, when the Dutch currency was used in the Romanian principalities.
Another explanation gives the origin of this sense as a calque of Turkish arslan (“lion”), which was also used to refer to a type of currency with a lion on it; see also piastru (English piastre). Compare also the sense of currency with Bulgarian лев (lev).


crump

Borrowed from Austrian German Grundbirne, Hungarian krumpli or Serbo-Croatian krumpir.


aloe

aloe (plural)
aloe (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
aloea (accusative definite nominative singular)
aloe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
aloele (accusative definite nominative plural)
aloe (indefinite singular)
aloei (definite singular)
aloe (indefinite plural)
aloelor (definite plural)
aloe (singular vocative)
aloeo (singular vocative)
aloelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French aloès and Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē).

a substance extracted from the aloe plant


chit

chiți (plural)
chit (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
chitul (accusative definite nominative singular)
chiți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
chiții (accusative definite nominative plural)
chit (indefinite singular)
chitului (definite singular)
chiți (indefinite plural)
chiților (definite plural)
chitule (singular vocative)
chiților (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ), from Greek κήτος (kítos). Used around the 16th century.


chit

chit (accusative indefinite nominative)
chitul (accusative definite nominative)
chit (indefinite)
chitului (definite)
chitule (vocative)


eider

eideri (plural)
eider (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
eiderul (accusative definite nominative singular)
eideri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
eiderii (accusative definite nominative plural)
eider (indefinite singular)
eiderului (definite singular)
eideri (indefinite plural)
eiderilor (definite plural)
eiderule (singular vocative)
eiderilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.


gaur

gauri (plural)
gaur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gaurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gauri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gaurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
gaur (indefinite singular)
gaurului (definite singular)
gauri (indefinite plural)
gaurilor (definite plural)
gaurule (singular vocative)
gaurilor (plural vocative)


elan

elani (plural)
elan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
elanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
elani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
elanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
elan (indefinite singular)
elanului (definite singular)
elani (indefinite plural)
elanilor (definite plural)
elanule (singular vocative)
elanilor (plural vocative)


brad

brazi (plural)
brad (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bradul (accusative definite nominative singular)
brazi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brazii (accusative definite nominative plural)
brad (indefinite singular)
bradului (definite singular)
brazi (indefinite plural)
brazilor (definite plural)
bradule (singular vocative)
brazilor (plural vocative)

Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).
Another theory suggests that it was reformed analogically from the plural brazi, and that the original form was *braz (reinterpreted as a plural, modeled on plurals such as coadă > cozi, pradă > prăzi, surd, > surzi). See also the Romanian alpine toponyms containing Breaza, which may correspond to the Albanian plural form bredha. Compare also Aromanian brad.


iris

iriși (plural)
iris (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
irisul (accusative definite nominative singular)
iriși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
irișile (accusative definite nominative plural)
iris (indefinite singular)
irisului (definite singular)
iriși (indefinite plural)
irișilor (definite plural)
irisule (singular vocative)
irișilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French iris, Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).


vie

ro-verb

a vie (third-person singular present vie, past participle vis) 3rd conjugation

a vie 3rd conjugation (canonical)
vie (present singular third-person)
vis (participle past)
a vie (infinitive)
viind (gerund)
vis (participle past)
viu (first-person indicative present singular)
vii (indicative present second-person singular)
vie (indicative present singular third-person)
viem (first-person indicative plural present)
vieți (indicative plural present second-person)
viu (indicative plural present third-person)
viam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
viai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
viea (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
viam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
viați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
viau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
vsei (first-person indicative perfect singular)
vseși (indicative perfect second-person singular)
visese (indicative perfect singular third-person)
virăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
vserăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
vseră (indicative perfect plural third-person)
visem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
vseseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
vsese (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
vseserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
vseserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
vseseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să viu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să vii (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să vie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să viem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să vieți (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să vie (plural present subjunctive third-person)
vii (imperative second-person singular)
vieți (imperative plural second-person)
nu vie (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu vieți (imperative negative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

inh

(rare, dated) to have life; to live, exist


drongo

drongo (accusative indefinite nominative)
drongoul (accusative definite nominative)
drongo (indefinite)
drongoului (definite)
drongoule (vocative)

Borrowed from French drongo, from Malagasy [Term?].


oliv

olivi (plural)
oliv (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
olivul (accusative definite nominative singular)
olivi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
olivii (accusative definite nominative plural)
oliv (indefinite singular)
olivului (definite singular)
olivi (indefinite plural)
olivilor (definite plural)
olivule (singular vocative)
olivilor (plural vocative)


ananas

ananași (plural)
ananas (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ananasul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ananași (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ananașii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ananas (indefinite singular)
ananasului (definite singular)
ananași (indefinite plural)
ananașilor (definite plural)
ananasule (singular vocative)
ananașilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”). First attested in 1796.


caraban

carabani (plural)
caraban (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carabanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
carabani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
carabanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
caraban (indefinite singular)
carabanului (definite singular)
carabani (indefinite plural)
carabanilor (definite plural)
carabanule (singular vocative)
carabanilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Substratum word or from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (káravos) ‘crayfish; longhorn beetle’; compare Albanian karabishte.


ciută

ciute (plural)
ciută (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ciuta (accusative definite nominative singular)
ciute (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ciutele (accusative definite nominative plural)
ciute (indefinite singular)
ciutei (definite singular)
ciute (indefinite plural)
ciutelor (definite plural)
ciută (singular vocative)
ciuto (singular vocative)
ciutelor (plural vocative)

Either a substratum word, or from Late Proto-Albanian *tšutā, from Proto-Albanian *tšuktā. Cognate to Albanian sutë (“doe”) from the same source.


căpușă

căpușe (plural)
căpușă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
căpușa (accusative definite nominative singular)
căpușe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
căpușele (accusative definite nominative plural)
căpușe (indefinite singular)
căpușei (definite singular)
căpușe (indefinite plural)
căpușelor (definite plural)
căpușă (singular vocative)
căpușo (singular vocative)
căpușelor (plural vocative)

Substratum word, akin to or derived from Albanian këpushë, or from a diminutive of cap + -ușă. Also cognate to Aromanian cãpush(ã), Bulgarian капуш (kapuš).

Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis#Translingual

castor oil plant, palm of Christ (Ricinus communis).


broască

broaște (plural)
broască (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
broasca (accusative definite nominative singular)
broaște (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
broaștele (accusative definite nominative plural)
broaște (indefinite singular)
broaștei (definite singular)
broaște (indefinite plural)
broaștelor (definite plural)
broască (singular vocative)
broasco (singular vocative)
broaștelor (plural vocative)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *brosca, from broscus (compare Medieval Latin bruscus), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *frosk. Compare Aromanian broascã. Compare also Albanian breshkë, Old French bruesche, Italian rospo, Milanese Lombard brosco, Ladin rusk.


bufniță

bufnițe (plural)
bufniță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bufnița (accusative definite nominative singular)
bufnițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bufnițele (accusative definite nominative plural)
bufnițe (indefinite singular)
bufniței (definite singular)
bufnițe (indefinite plural)
bufnițelor (definite plural)
bufniță (singular vocative)
bufnițo (singular vocative)
bufnițelor (plural vocative)

Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) + -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.

owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)


gorun

goruni (plural)
gorun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gorunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
goruni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gorunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
gorun (indefinite singular)
gorunului (definite singular)
goruni (indefinite plural)
gorunilor (definite plural)
gorunule (singular vocative)
gorunilor (plural vocative)

Uncertain. Possibly from Bulgarian горун (gorun, “Durmast oak”); akin to Serbo-Croatian горун (“holm oak”).

Quercus petraea
Quercus petraea#Translingual


mărar

mărar (accusative indefinite nominative)
mărarul (accusative definite nominative)
mărar (indefinite)
mărarului (definite)
mărarule (vocative)

Possibly a substrate word. Alternatively, it may be ultimately linked to Ancient Greek μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”), but is not a direct derivation. Compare Albanian mërajë.


copac

copaci (plural)
copac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
copacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
copaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
copacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
copac (indefinite singular)
copacului (definite singular)
copaci (indefinite plural)
copacilor (definite plural)
copacule (singular vocative)
copacilor (plural vocative)

From older copaci (compare Aromanian cupaci, Megleno-Romanian cupaci, Istro-Romanian copaț (“thicket, brushwood”)), possibly borrowed from Albanian kopaç (“treestump”) or cognate to it as a Balkan substrate root. The current form was probably analogically formed as a singular from the earlier copaci, reinterpreted as a plural. Compare also Proto-Slavic *kopati, which may be the ultimate origin of both the Romanian and Albanian.


fluture

fluturi (plural)
fluture (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fluturele (accusative definite nominative singular)
fluturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fluturii (accusative definite nominative plural)
fluture (indefinite singular)
fluturelui (definite singular)
fluturi (indefinite plural)
fluturilor (definite plural)
fluture (singular vocative)
fluturilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly from a root *flutulus, or deverbative from flutura. Related to Albanian flutur, and possibly derived from it; alternatively, it may have a substratum root akin to it, or simply be of imitative origin. Compare also Aromanian flitur.


ghionoaie

ghionoi (plural)
ghionoaie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ghionoaiea (accusative definite nominative singular)
ghionoi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ghionoile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ghionoi (indefinite singular)
ghionoii (definite singular)
ghionoi (indefinite plural)
ghionoilor (definite plural)


cioară

ciori (plural)
cioară (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cioara (accusative definite nominative singular)
ciori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ciorile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ciori (indefinite singular)
ciorii (definite singular)
ciori (indefinite plural)
ciorilor (definite plural)
cioară (singular vocative)
cioaro (singular vocative)
ciorilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly a substratum word of Dacian and ultimately Indo-European origin, related to Albanian sorrë, or borrowed from it; compare Aromanian cioarã, tsoarã. Also seemingly related to several Italian dialect cognates, compare Friulian çore, Calabrian ciola, Neapolitan ciàula, Sicilian ciaula and Tarantino ciola.

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) slur for a dark-skinned person, especially a Roma/Gypsy. Less usual, a slur for a black person


molid

molizi (plural)
molid (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
molidul (accusative definite nominative singular)
molizi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
molizii (accusative definite nominative plural)
molid (indefinite singular)
molidului (definite singular)
molizi (indefinite plural)
molizilor (definite plural)
molidule (singular vocative)
molizilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Probably a substrate word. Compare Albanian molikë.


mânz

ro-noun

mânz m (plural mânji, feminine equivalent mânză)

mânji (plural)
equivalent mânză (feminine)
mânz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mânzul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mânji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mânjii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mânz (indefinite singular)
mânzului (definite singular)
mânji (indefinite plural)
mânjilor (definite plural)
mânzule (singular vocative)
mânjilor (plural vocative)

Origin disputed.
* Compare Aromanian mãndzu, Megleno-Romanian mǫndz; possibly from or related and cognate to Albanian (Gheg) mâz (compare standard mëz and Old Albanian manz) through the substratum, or of Illyrian origin.
* Compare the Thracian word mezenai (“horse”) and Messapic Menzana, a horse deity.
* Compare also Italian manzo, Latin mannus and Gaulish manduos, probably ultimately from the same source.


măgar

măgar m (plural măgari, feminine equivalent măgăriță)

măgari (plural)
equivalent măgăriță (feminine)
măgar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
măgarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
măgari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
măgarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
măgar (indefinite singular)
măgarului (definite singular)
măgari (indefinite plural)
măgarilor (definite plural)
măgarule (singular vocative)
măgarilor (plural vocative)

Possibly a substratum word, akin to or borrowed from Albanian magar. A less likely theory derives it from Latin onāgrārius (from onager) through a Vulgar Latin root *onagarius, which resulted in a hypothetical *unăgariu in early Romanian, leading to un *năgar and ultimately its current state (compare French onagrier).


mătrăgună

mătrăgune (plural)
mătrăgună (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mătrăguna (accusative definite nominative singular)
mătrăgune (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mătrăgunele (accusative definite nominative plural)
mătrăgune (indefinite singular)
mătrăgunei (definite singular)
mătrăgune (indefinite plural)
mătrăgunelor (definite plural)
mătrăgună (singular vocative)
mătrăguno (singular vocative)
mătrăgunelor (plural vocative)

Probably ultimately from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras). Compare the Albanian cognate matërgonë and Hungarian nadragulya. It may have arrived via a Vulgar Latin intermediate root *mandragona. Compare Spanish martagón. Alternatively, and less likely, from a substratum or Dacian source.

Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna#Translingual

belladonna (the plant Atropa belladonna)


pupăză

pupeze (plural)
pupăză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pupăza (accusative definite nominative singular)
pupeze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pupezele (accusative definite nominative plural)
pupeze (indefinite singular)
pupezei (definite singular)
pupeze (indefinite plural)
pupezelor (definite plural)
pupăză (singular vocative)
pupăzo (singular vocative)
pupezelor (plural vocative)

Compare Megleno-Romanian pupează. Most likely an imitative substratum word, akin to Albanian pupëzë, or possibly derived from a root pupă (now found only in Aromanian), of onomatopoetic origin. Other languages show similar forms, compare Latin upupa, Sardinian pubùsa, pupùsa, French huppe, etc. The first part of the word has traditionally been linked to the Latin upupa, and it has been attempted to derive the Romanian word from a Vulgar Latin *upupacea, but this is unlikely. The suffix could indicate a borrowing from the Albanian term.


mâță

mâțe (plural)
mâță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mâța (accusative definite nominative singular)
mâțe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mâțele (accusative definite nominative plural)
mâțe (indefinite singular)
mâței (definite singular)
mâțe (indefinite plural)
mâțelor (definite plural)
mâță (singular vocative)
mâțo (singular vocative)
mâțelor (plural vocative)

Probably an onomatopoeic expressive creation, with similar words in many languages (compare Albanian mace). See also motan.
Alternatively of Romance origin, compare Italian micio, Old French mite and Spanish miz(o). See also German Mieze.
Could also be of Proto-Slavic *maca origin.


rață

rață f (plural rațe, masculine equivalent rățoi)

rațe (plural)
equivalent rățoi (masculine)
rață (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rața (accusative definite nominative singular)
rațe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rațele (accusative definite nominative plural)
rațe (indefinite singular)
raței (definite singular)
rațe (indefinite plural)
rațelor (definite plural)
rață (singular vocative)
rațo (singular vocative)
rațelor (plural vocative)

Definite origin uncertain. Possibly a substrate word, akin to Albanian rosë (< *ratsa?), or from South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian and Slovene raca, Serbian dialect race, Bulgarian ряца (rjaca)); compare also Friulian raze, Occitan rit, Hungarian réce, Romani ratsoy.

(slang) urinal (the portable glass one offered in hospitals, due to its shape)

the music which accompanies the folk dance of the same name.


mătură

mături (plural)
mătură (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mătura (accusative definite nominative singular)
mături (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
măturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
mături (indefinite singular)
măturii (definite singular)
mături (indefinite plural)
măturilor (definite plural)
mătură (singular vocative)
măturo (singular vocative)
măturilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly from *metură (compare Aromanian meturã, Meglenitic m(i)etură, Istro-Romanian meture), from *metula (compare Albanian mettulë), from South Slavic *metla (“broom”) (compare Serbo-Croatian mètla, Slovene metla, Bulgarian метла (metla)). Another theory suggests possibly a substratum word, akin to Proto-Slavic *metla. More likely ultimately based on Late Latin matta (“mat of rushes”), possibly through a root *mattula, and perhaps influenced by metere. Another possibility is the Latin changing genders in transitioning to Romanian, resulting in a *mat, with plural mături leading to the singular mătură through false analogy. Has several near-cognates in Southern Italian dialects. Compare also Italian matta, Spanish mata.


mânzare

mânzări (plural)
mânzare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mânzarea (accusative definite nominative singular)
mânzări (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mânzările (accusative definite nominative plural)
mânzări (indefinite singular)
mânzării (definite singular)
mânzări (indefinite plural)
mânzărilor (definite plural)

Probably a substratum word, compare mânz.


viezure

viezure m (plural viezuri, feminine equivalent viezuroaică)

viezuri (plural)
equivalent viezuroaică (feminine)
viezure (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
viezurele (accusative definite nominative singular)
viezuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
viezurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
viezure (indefinite singular)
viezurelui (definite singular)
viezuri (indefinite plural)
viezurilor (definite plural)
viezure (singular vocative)
viezurilor (plural vocative)

From older vied̦ure, possibly from Late Proto-Albanian *vedzula, a deverbative of Proto-Albanian *wedza (“to steal”). The declension signals that the etymon is likely to have contained the Proto-Albanian diminutive suffix *-ula with the final vowel preserved. Romanian mazăre (“pies”) certainly resulted in the third declension due to the likely diminutive suffix of its root. Also, sâmbure (“pit of a fruit”) would transport the diminutive suffix into the third declension if it originates from Proto-Albanian. It can't be derived from earlier Albanian with the final [a] already having turned into [ə] as this is continued by the same vowel in Romanian just like in daltă (“chisel”), only probable from daltë (“chisel”). Cognate to Gheg Albanian vjedhullë (compare standard vjedull) from the same source.


țap

țapi (plural)
țap (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
țapul (accusative definite nominative singular)
țapi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
țapii (accusative definite nominative plural)
țap (indefinite singular)
țapului (definite singular)
țapi (indefinite plural)
țapilor (definite plural)
țapule (singular vocative)
țapilor (plural vocative)

Possibly borrowed from Old Church Slavonic цапъ (capŭ), from Proto-Slavic *capъ, from Gothic [Term?], from Latin caper, making it a doublet of capră. Also akin to or derived from Albanian cjap. Compare Aromanian tsap, Megleno-Romanian țap, Italian zappo.
Alternately, it may have been borrowed directly from Gothic [Term?], from which the dialectal Italian zappo was also derived.


barză

berze (plural)
barză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
barza (accusative definite nominative singular)
berze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
berzele (accusative definite nominative plural)
berze (indefinite singular)
berzei (definite singular)
berze (indefinite plural)
berzelor (definite plural)
barză (singular vocative)
barzo (singular vocative)
berzelor (plural vocative)

Compare Aromanian bardzu (“white (of horses and mules)”): both it and the Romanian word may derive from Proto-Albanian *bardza (“white”), akin to Albanian bardhë (“white”).
Another theory suggests that its origin is a Vulgar Latin root *gardea, from Latin ardea (compare Spanish garza (“heron”), Portuguese garça, also French barge (“godwit”)). The confusion of g and b is somewhat unusual, but may be explained as a Balkan influence. Other cases in Romanian include limbă, rug, negură, întreba (compare also Sardinian bula, from Latin gula).
A third proposal is borrowing from a Dacian *barza meaning "stork", derived from a Proto-Indo-European root *sr̥ǵos, also reflected in e.g. English stork, Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós).
Alternatively, the Romanian word may derive from Paleo-Balkan, possibly from or via Dacian, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórh₁ǵos (“gleaming, shining”). Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian [dz] excludes the root *barza, requiring instead *bardza. The sound change from Proto-Indo-European "sr̥" is only attested for Thracian [br] in βρία (vría, “city”) but, due to its conspicuity, it is uncertain whether it occurred as well in Dacian and with a vowel in between. These etymologies don't explain the regional variants bardăș and bardoș, that provide evidence for [d] in the term of origin and could solely be explained by another borrowing from early unattested Old Albanian *bardë or bardhë.


mălai

mălaie (plural)
mălai (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mălaiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mălaie (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mălaiele (accusative definite nominative plural)
mălai (indefinite singular)
mălaiului (definite singular)
mălaie (indefinite plural)
mălaielor (definite plural)
mălaiule (singular vocative)
mălaielor (plural vocative)

Possibly from Late Dacian *mellája, from Dacian *melwá-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-wo-yo- (“consisting of flour”), from *melh₂-wo- (“flour”), from *melh₂- (“to grind”), or some other Paleo-Balkanic substrate. Compare Albanian miell and Hungarian málé. Other theories include Latin amylum + the suffix -alium. More likely is some connection with mămăligă, perhaps through contraction of a variant *mămălaie.

inh

(botany) field woodrush (Luzula campestris)


mazăre

mazăre (accusative indefinite nominative)
mazărea (accusative definite nominative)
mazări (indefinite)
mazării (definite)
mazăre (vocative)
mazăreo (vocative)
mazăre (accusative indefinite nominative)
mazărea (accusative definite nominative)
mazăre (indefinite)
mazărei (definite)
mazăre (vocative)
mazăreo (vocative)

Perhaps from Thracian *μαζελα (*mazela), eventually from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵʰ-elo (“small bean”). Due to phonetic difficulties regarding [u], less likely from Proto-Albanian *mādzula, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵʰ-ulo (“small bean”). Compare Aromanian madzãri (“peas”); see also the related Albanian modhull (“vetchling, yellow vetchling, vetch”), as well as Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “Old World bean”).

der

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


șopârlă

șopârle (plural)
șopârlă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șopârla (accusative definite nominative singular)
șopârle (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șopârlele (accusative definite nominative plural)
șopârle (indefinite singular)
șopârlei (definite singular)
șopârle (indefinite plural)
șopârlelor (definite plural)
șopârlă (singular vocative)
șopârlo (singular vocative)
șopârlelor (plural vocative)

Unclear. Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (“to joke, be goofy”) and năpârcă (“adder”), possibly from or cognate to Tosk Albanian shapinj (“lizards”, standard Albanian zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

m+

standard Albanian <i class="Latn mention" lang="sq">zhapinj</i>


motan

motani (plural)
motan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
motanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
motani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
motanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
motan (indefinite singular)
motanului (definite singular)
motani (indefinite plural)
motanilor (definite plural)
motanule (singular vocative)
motanilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Probably from motoc, possibly influenced by mâțan. See cotoi.

(epithet given to) a person who is uncommunicative, secretive, hypocritical.


strugure

struguri (plural)
strugure (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
strugurele (accusative definite nominative singular)
struguri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strugurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
strugure (indefinite singular)
strugurelui (definite singular)
struguri (indefinite plural)
strugurilor (definite plural)
strugure (singular vocative)
strugurilor (plural vocative)

Origin uncertain. Many theories have been proposed. Possibly a singularised plural of strug (now a regional term found in Bessarabia), which may be related to strung (“lathe”), strunji or the verb struji (“to clean feathers, branches, cobs of corn, etc.; to shave or scrape off; to chisel”), a regionalism of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Middle Bulgarian стръжити (strŭžiti), стругати (strugati) (whence Bulgarian стръга́ (strǎgá), стръжа́ (strǎžá, “to flake off, chip off; rub”). For the semantic development, compare: Spanish raspa (“bunch of grapes”), from the verb raspar (“scrape; file or sand down”). Alternatively, strug may be borrowed from Ancient Greek τρύγος (trúgos), τρυγή (trugḗ, “vine harvest”). Other less likely etymologies include a Latin *stribulus or *strubulus, a Gepid thrubilo or struwilo, corresponding to German Träubel (“grape hyacinth”), or a substratum origin (although the word doesn't seem to have an Albanian or other Balkan equivalent). Replaced Old Romanian auă, from Latin uva.

(regional or obsolete) bunch, cluster (of grapes or otherwise)


murg

ro-adj

murg m or n (feminine singular murgă, masculine plural murgi, feminine and neuter plural murge)

murgă (feminine singular)
murgi (masculine plural)
murge (feminine neuter plural)
murg (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
murgă (feminine indefinite singular)
murgi (indefinite masculine plural)
murge (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
murgul (definite masculine neuter singular)
murga (definite feminine singular)
murgii (definite masculine plural)
murgele (definite feminine neuter plural)
murge (feminine indefinite singular)
murgului (definite masculine neuter singular)
murgei (definite feminine singular)
murgelor (definite masculine plural)
murgilor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Unknown. Probably from Paleo-Balkan, akin to Albanian murgash. The word seems to also coincide with several similar words in nearby Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian мургав (murgav), but the relation between them is unclear. Other less probable theories have included a Greek root *μουρικος, perhaps through a Latin intermediate *moricus, instead of morulus, or a Greek root ἀμόργη ("remains of olives") through Latin amurca. However, the fact that it is present in the other Eastern Romance languages such as Aromanian murgu and Megleno-Romanian murg, and is paired with an initial a to form the related word amurg, seems to indicate it is probably an older and inherited word of some kind (compare acasă, afund, aminte), rather than a later Slavic borrowing. Nonetheless, the exact source is as yet uncertain.


melc

melci (plural)
melc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
melcul (accusative definite nominative singular)
melci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
melcii (accusative definite nominative plural)
melc (indefinite singular)
melcului (definite singular)
melci (indefinite plural)
melcilor (definite plural)
melcule (singular vocative)
melcilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly a substrate word from Dacian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Compare Breton melc’hwed (“snails”), Welsh malwod (“snails”), Latin mollis (“soft”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”). Another theory starts with the variant form melciu, which may possibly be derived from Serbian (i)mèla (“mistletoe”), with diminutive suffix -če and the meaning becoming "slimy, viscous". Other less likely ideas proposed include a substrate root *miliku or *kadmiliku, linked to Albanian kërmill (“snail”), këthmili, or from a Vulgar Latin *milax, metathetic modification of Latin limax (“slug, snail”), or a relation to the root of Latin murex, or a borrowing from Bulgarian мелък (melǎk). See also culbec.


condor

condori (plural)
condor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
condorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
condori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
condorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
condor (indefinite singular)
condorului (definite singular)
condori (indefinite plural)
condorilor (definite plural)
condorule (singular vocative)
condorilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French condor, Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.


elefant

elefanți (plural)
elefant (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
elefantul (accusative definite nominative singular)
elefanți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
elefanții (accusative definite nominative plural)
elefant (indefinite singular)
elefantului (definite singular)
elefanți (indefinite plural)
elefanților (definite plural)
elefantule (singular vocative)
elefanților (plural vocative)


castor

castori (plural)
castor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
castorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
castori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
castorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
castor (indefinite singular)
castorului (definite singular)
castori (indefinite plural)
castorilor (definite plural)
castorule (singular vocative)
castorilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr).


milan

milani (plural)
milan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
milanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
milani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
milanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
milan (indefinite singular)
milanului (definite singular)
milani (indefinite plural)
milanilor (definite plural)
milanule (singular vocative)
milanilor (plural vocative)


oman

omani (plural)
oman (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
omanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
omani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
omanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
oman (indefinite singular)
omanului (definite singular)
omani (indefinite plural)
omanilor (definite plural)
omanule (singular vocative)
omanilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оманъ (omanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *omanъ.

bor+

Inula helenium
Inula helenium#Translingual

inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)


jugar

jugari (plural)
jugar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
jugarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
jugari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
jugarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
jugar (indefinite singular)
jugarului (definite singular)
jugari (indefinite plural)
jugarilor (definite plural)
jugarule (singular vocative)
jugarilor (plural vocative)

From jug + -ar or from Latin iugārius, from iugum (“yoke”).


soc

soci (plural)
soc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
socul (accusative definite nominative singular)
soci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
socii (accusative definite nominative plural)
soc (indefinite singular)
socului (definite singular)
soci (indefinite plural)
socilor (definite plural)
socule (singular vocative)
socilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus.


triton

tritoni (plural)
triton (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tritonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tritoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tritonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
triton (indefinite singular)
tritonului (definite singular)
tritoni (indefinite plural)
tritonilor (definite plural)
tritonule (singular vocative)
tritonilor (plural vocative)


ara

ara (accusative indefinite nominative)
araul (accusative definite nominative)
ara (indefinite)
araului (definite)
araule (vocative)

Borrowed from French ara, from Old Tupi ara.


rug

ruguri (plural)
rug (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rugul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ruguri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rugurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
rug (indefinite singular)
rugului (definite singular)
ruguri (indefinite plural)
rugurilor (definite plural)
rugule (singular vocative)
rugurilor (plural vocative)

From Latin rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.


rug

rugi (plural)
rug (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rugul (accusative definite nominative singular)
rugi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rugii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rug (indefinite singular)
rugului (definite singular)
rugi (indefinite plural)
rugilor (definite plural)
rugule (singular vocative)
rugilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negură.


plop

plopi (plural)
plop (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
plopul (accusative definite nominative singular)
plopi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
plopii (accusative definite nominative plural)
plop (indefinite singular)
plopului (definite singular)
plopi (indefinite plural)
plopilor (definite plural)
plopule (singular vocative)
plopilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from classical Latin pōpulus. Compare Italian pioppo.

Pe lângă plopii fără soț, adesea am trecut.

By the pairless poplars, often have I passed.


pur

puri (plural)
pur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
purul (accusative definite nominative singular)
puri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
purii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pur (indefinite singular)
purului (definite singular)
puri (indefinite plural)
purilor (definite plural)
purule (singular vocative)
purilor (plural vocative)

Variant of por. Probably from Latin porrum.


delfin

delfini (plural)
delfin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
delfinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
delfini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
delfinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
delfin (indefinite singular)
delfinului (definite singular)
delfini (indefinite plural)
delfinilor (definite plural)
delfinule (singular vocative)
delfinilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian delfino or Latin delphinus, earlier from Greek δελφίνι (delfíni).


nurcă

nurci (plural)
nurcă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
nurca (accusative definite nominative singular)
nurci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
nurcile (accusative definite nominative plural)
nurci (indefinite singular)
nurcii (definite singular)
nurci (indefinite plural)
nurcilor (definite plural)
nurcă (singular vocative)
nurco (singular vocative)
nurcilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Polish nurka or Ukrainian нурка (nurka), from Proto-Slavic *nuriti.

Mustela lutreola
Mustela lutreola#Translingual

mink; specifically, the European mink, Mustela lutreola, but also applied to other species of the genus Mustela


mamut

mamuți (plural)
mamut (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mamutul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mamuți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mamuții (accusative definite nominative plural)
mamut (indefinite singular)
mamutului (definite singular)
mamuți (indefinite plural)
mamuților (definite plural)
mamutule (singular vocative)
mamuților (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), from Uralic.


afin

afini (plural)
afin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
afinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
afini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
afinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
afin (indefinite singular)
afinului (definite singular)
afini (indefinite plural)
afinilor (definite plural)
afinule (singular vocative)
afinilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin daphne, with loss of initial 'd', from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”); cf. also Calabrian afina ("laurel"). Another theory suggests Latin acinus, influenced by daphne. See also the related dafin.

Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium myrtillus#Translingual

blueberry, cowberry (the shrub) (Vaccinium myrtillus)


calmar

calmari (plural)
calmar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
calmarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
calmari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
calmarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
calmar (indefinite singular)
calmarului (definite singular)
calmari (indefinite plural)
calmarilor (definite plural)
calmarule (singular vocative)
calmarilor (plural vocative)


zârnă

zârne (plural)
zârnă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zârna (accusative definite nominative singular)
zârne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zârnele (accusative definite nominative plural)
zârne (indefinite singular)
zârnei (definite singular)
zârne (indefinite plural)
zârnelor (definite plural)
zârnă (singular vocative)
zârno (singular vocative)
zârnelor (plural vocative)

Disputed. May be from a pre-Roman language, such as Dacian or Thracian, comparisons having been made to the Dacian name for the black hellebore Helleborus niger, Prodiarna (diarna → zârnă). Compare Sorin Paliga, et al. The Romanian Academy in its official dictionary, the Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (1998), however, derives the word from Proto-Slavic *zьrno (“berry, grain”).http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=zarna&source=

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), also known as sunberry.


juvete

juveți (plural)
juvete (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
juvetele (accusative definite nominative singular)
juveți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
juveții (accusative definite nominative plural)
juvete (indefinite singular)
juvetelui (definite singular)
juveți (indefinite plural)
juveților (definite plural)
juvete (singular vocative)
juveților (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly from Ukrainian живе́ць (žyvécʹ, “fry, small fish”), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix altered to diminutive -ete.

der

nickname applied to Oltenians (Romanians from Oltenia, in Romania)


acvilă

acvile (plural)
acvilă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acvila (accusative definite nominative singular)
acvile (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acvilele (accusative definite nominative plural)
acvile (indefinite singular)
acvilei (definite singular)
acvile (indefinite plural)
acvilelor (definite plural)
acvilă (singular vocative)
acvilo (singular vocative)
acvilelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian aquila or literary Latin aquila. Compare the inherited doublet aceră.

(heraldry) A seal or coat of arms featuring an eagle


pițigoi

pițigoi (plural)
pițigoi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pițigoiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pițigoi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pițigoii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pițigoi (indefinite singular)
pițigoiului (definite singular)
pițigoi (indefinite plural)
pițigoilor (definite plural)
pițigoiule (singular vocative)
pițigoilor (plural vocative)


serval

servali (plural)
serval (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
servalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
servali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
servalii (accusative definite nominative plural)
serval (indefinite singular)
servalului (definite singular)
servali (indefinite plural)
servalilor (definite plural)
servalule (singular vocative)
servalilor (plural vocative)


bufnă

bufne (plural)
bufnă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bufna (accusative definite nominative singular)
bufne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bufnele (accusative definite nominative plural)
bufne (indefinite singular)
bufnei (definite singular)
bufne (indefinite plural)
bufnelor (definite plural)
bufnă (singular vocative)
bufno (singular vocative)
bufnelor (plural vocative)


ciocănitoare

ciocănitori (plural)
ciocănitoare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ciocănitoarea (accusative definite nominative singular)
ciocănitori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ciocănitorile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ciocănitori (indefinite singular)
ciocănitorii (definite singular)
ciocănitori (indefinite plural)
ciocănitorilor (definite plural)
ciocănitoare (singular vocative)
ciocănitoareo (singular vocative)
ciocănitorilor (plural vocative)


aceră

acere (plural)
aceră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acera (accusative definite nominative singular)
acere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acerele (accusative definite nominative plural)
acere (indefinite singular)
acerei (definite singular)
acere (indefinite plural)
acerelor (definite plural)
aceră (singular vocative)
acero (singular vocative)
acerelor (plural vocative)


strugur

struguri (plural)
strugur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
strugurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
struguri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strugurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
strugur (indefinite singular)
strugurului (definite singular)
struguri (indefinite plural)
strugurilor (definite plural)
strugurule (singular vocative)
strugurilor (plural vocative)


fragă

fragi (plural)
fragă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fraga (accusative definite nominative singular)
fragi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fragile (accusative definite nominative plural)
fragi (indefinite singular)
fragii (definite singular)
fragi (indefinite plural)
fragilor (definite plural)
fragă (singular vocative)
frago (singular vocative)
fragilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin fraga, neuter plural of fragum.

the strawberry of the woodland strawberry or wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca (the fruit)


aior

aiori (plural)
aior (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
aiorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
aiori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
aiorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
aior (indefinite singular)
aiorului (definite singular)
aiori (indefinite plural)
aiorilor (definite plural)
aiorule (singular vocative)
aiorilor (plural vocative)

Euphorbia esula
Euphorbia esula#Translingual


brebenea

brebenele (plural)
brebenea (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brebeneaua (accusative definite nominative singular)
brebenele (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brebenelele (accusative definite nominative plural)
brebenele (indefinite singular)
brebenelei (definite singular)
brebenele (indefinite plural)
brebenelelor (definite plural)
brebenea (singular vocative)
brebenelelor (plural vocative)


brăbin

brăbini (plural)
brăbin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brăbinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
brăbini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brăbinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
brăbin (indefinite singular)
brăbinului (definite singular)
brăbini (indefinite plural)
brăbinilor (definite plural)
brăbinule (singular vocative)
brăbinilor (plural vocative)

hill mustard, Turkish rocket, Turkish warty-cabbage (Bunias orientalis)


breabăn

brebeni (plural)
breabăn (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
breabănul (accusative definite nominative singular)
brebeni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brebenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
breabăn (indefinite singular)
breabănului (definite singular)
brebeni (indefinite plural)
brebenilor (definite plural)
breabănule (singular vocative)
brebenilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Either a substratum word, from Slavic, or less likely from Latin verbena.

Carpathian toothwort (Cardamine glanduligera; synonyms: Dentaria glandulosa, Cardamine glandulosa)

(regional) fumewort (Corydalis marshalliana or Corydalis solida)

any of various species of the genus Anemone


brebenel

brebenei (plural)
brebenel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brebenelul (accusative definite nominative singular)
brebenei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brebeneii (accusative definite nominative plural)
brebenel (indefinite singular)
brebenelului (definite singular)
brebenei (indefinite plural)
brebeneilor (definite plural)
brebenelule (singular vocative)
brebeneilor (plural vocative)

Marshall's corydalis (Corydalis cava subsp. marschalliana, syn. Corydalis marshalliana)


zadă

zade (plural)
zadă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zada (accusative definite nominative singular)
zade (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zadele (accusative definite nominative plural)
zade (indefinite singular)
zadei (definite singular)
zade (indefinite plural)
zadelor (definite plural)
zadă (singular vocative)
zado (singular vocative)
zadelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin daeda, variant of taeda.

Larix decidua
Larix decidua#Translingual


acațiu

acații (plural)
acațiu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acațiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
acații (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acațiii (accusative definite nominative plural)
acațiu (indefinite singular)
acațiului (definite singular)
acații (indefinite plural)
acațiilor (definite plural)
acațiule (singular vocative)
acațiilor (plural vocative)


acant

acanți (plural)
acant (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acantul (accusative definite nominative singular)
acanți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acanții (accusative definite nominative plural)
acant (indefinite singular)
acantului (definite singular)
acanți (indefinite plural)
acanților (definite plural)
acantule (singular vocative)
acanților (plural vocative)


acaț

acați (plural)
acaț (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acațul (accusative definite nominative singular)
acați (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acații (accusative definite nominative plural)
acaț (indefinite singular)
acațului (definite singular)
acați (indefinite plural)
acaților (definite plural)
acațule (singular vocative)
acaților (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Hungarian akác (“locust tree”).

bor+

Robinia pseudoacacia
Robinia pseudoacacia#Translingual

(regional) black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia


iarbă

ierburi (plural)
iarbă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iarba (accusative definite nominative singular)
ierburi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ierburile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ierbi (indefinite singular)
ierbii (definite singular)
ierburi (indefinite plural)
ierburilor (definite plural)
iarbă (singular vocative)
iarbo (singular vocative)
ierburilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Compare Aromanian earbã.


ieruncă

ierunci (plural)
ieruncă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ierunca (accusative definite nominative singular)
ierunci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ieruncile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ierunci (indefinite singular)
ieruncii (definite singular)
ierunci (indefinite plural)
ieruncilor (definite plural)
ieruncă (singular vocative)
ierunco (singular vocative)
ieruncilor (plural vocative)

There is an Old Slavonic word which is similar, *jarębь, but it does not match phonetically. Source unknown.

unk

Source unknown.

Tetrastes bonasia
Tetrastes bonasia#Translingual


achiu

achii (plural)
achiu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
achiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
achii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
achiii (accusative definite nominative plural)
achiu (indefinite singular)
achiului (definite singular)
achii (indefinite plural)
achiilor (definite plural)
achiule (singular vocative)
achiilor (plural vocative)


aldan

aldani (plural)
aldan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
aldanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
aldani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
aldanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
aldan (indefinite singular)
aldanului (definite singular)
aldani (indefinite plural)
aldanilor (definite plural)
aldanule (singular vocative)
aldanilor (plural vocative)

Unknown; Possibly a substratum word, or, more likely from Proto-Slavic *xlędanъ, from *xlǫdъ (“stick, twig”).


acantă

acante (plural)
acantă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
acanta (accusative definite nominative singular)
acante (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
acantele (accusative definite nominative plural)
acante (indefinite singular)
acantei (definite singular)
acante (indefinite plural)
acantelor (definite plural)
acantă (singular vocative)
acanto (singular vocative)
acantelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French acanthe, from Latin acanthus.

(architecture) Acanthus-like ornament on the capitols of certain types of columns, such as Corinthian columns.


brădioară

brădioare (plural)
brădioară (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brădioara (accusative definite nominative singular)
brădioare (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brădioarele (accusative definite nominative plural)
brădioare (indefinite singular)
brădioarei (definite singular)
brădioare (indefinite plural)
brădioarelor (definite plural)
brădioară (singular vocative)
brădioaro (singular vocative)
brădioarelor (plural vocative)

From brad (“fir”) + -ioară (diminutive suffix).


brusture

brusturi (plural)
brusture (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brusturele (accusative definite nominative singular)
brusturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brusturii (accusative definite nominative plural)
brusture (indefinite singular)
brusturelui (definite singular)
brusturi (indefinite plural)
brusturilor (definite plural)
brusture (singular vocative)
brusturilor (plural vocative)

Origin unknown. Possibly from Slavic *broťь, reconstructed from the plural brusturi, compare ciucure, fagure. Another theory is a derivation of Latin ustulāre (cf. ustura). It has been attempted to link it to a Germanic (Gepid) word *brustilô (“silk”), but this is unlikely. Finally, it may be linked to a Ladin word bruscandol (“hops”) found in the local speech of Comelico in northeastern Italy, in this case perhaps being an Alpine word. Compare Aromanian brushturã, brushtir and Albanian brushtull (“ivy”).
The word might also originate from the Dacian word riborasta, which also had the meaning of burdock (see List of Dacian plant names).

unk

Origin unknown.


brâncă

brânci (plural)
brâncă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brânca (accusative definite nominative singular)
brânci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brâncile (accusative definite nominative plural)
brânci (indefinite singular)
brâncii (definite singular)
brânci (indefinite plural)
brâncilor (definite plural)
brâncă (singular vocative)
brânco (singular vocative)
brâncilor (plural vocative)

→ Serbo-Croatian: brnka / брнка (“erysipelas”)


arșinic

arșinici (plural)
arșinic (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arșinicul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arșinici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arșinicii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arșinic (indefinite singular)
arșinicului (definite singular)
arșinici (indefinite plural)
arșinicilor (definite plural)
arșinicule (singular vocative)
arșinicilor (plural vocative)

From urșinic (“silk”), from an antecedent shared with notable variant urușnic, probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *holoserinicus (“silken”), based on Latin holosēricus. Less likely, a substrate word.

Maltese cross (a plant species, (Silene chalcedonica, syn. Lychnis chalcedonica)


arnică

arnici (plural)
arnică (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arnica (accusative definite nominative singular)
arnici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arnicile (accusative definite nominative plural)
arnici (indefinite singular)
arnicii (definite singular)
arnici (indefinite plural)
arnicilor (definite plural)
arnică (singular vocative)
arnico (singular vocative)
arnicilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French arnica or German Arnika, from Latin arnica.

Arnica montana
Arnica montana#Translingual


ardei

ardei (plural)
ardei (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ardeiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ardei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ardeii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ardei (indefinite singular)
ardeiului (definite singular)
ardei (indefinite plural)
ardeilor (definite plural)
ardeiule (singular vocative)
ardeilor (plural vocative)

Probably from arde + -ei. Other theories suggest deriving from the plural of an extinct diminutive word *ardel, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ardivus, ultimately from Latin ardeō.

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


arbore

arbori (plural)
arbore (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arborele (accusative definite nominative singular)
arbori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arborii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arbore (indefinite singular)
arborelui (definite singular)
arbori (indefinite plural)
arborilor (definite plural)
arbore (singular vocative)
arborilor (plural vocative)

From older arbure, from Latin arborem f. Compare Aromanian arburi.
The modern form of the word, with stressed /o/, is the result of influence from Latin and various related neologisms (see below).


acaju

acaju (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
acaju (feminine indefinite singular)
acaju (indefinite masculine plural)
acaju (feminine indefinite neuter plural)


avat

avați (plural)
avat (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
avatul (accusative definite nominative singular)
avați (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
avații (accusative definite nominative plural)
avat (indefinite singular)
avatului (definite singular)
avați (indefinite plural)
avaților (definite plural)
avatule (singular vocative)
avaților (plural vocative)


arin

arini (plural)
arin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arin (indefinite singular)
arinului (definite singular)
arini (indefinite plural)
arinilor (definite plural)
arinule (singular vocative)
arinilor (plural vocative)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *alīnus, from *alnīnus, from Latin alnus + -īnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos. Compare Aromanian anin, arinu, Megleno-Romanian rin.


coronavirus

coronavirusuri (plural)
coronavirus (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
coronavirusul (accusative definite nominative singular)
coronavirusuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
coronavirusurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
coronavirus (indefinite singular)
coronavirusului (definite singular)
coronavirusuri (indefinite plural)
coronavirusurilor (definite plural)
coronavirusule (singular vocative)
coronavirusurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English coronavirus (also formed from Latin corōna + virus).


fazan

fazani (plural)
fazan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fazanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
fazani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fazanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
fazan (indefinite singular)
fazanului (definite singular)
fazani (indefinite plural)
fazanilor (definite plural)
fazanule (singular vocative)
fazanilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian фаза́н (fazán), from German Fasan, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós, “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”).
Compare Italian fagiano and French faisan.

der

bird of the river <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Φᾶσις</i> (Phâsis)

pheasant (a bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food)


angelică

angelică (accusative indefinite nominative)
angelica (accusative definite nominative)
angelici (indefinite)
angelicii (definite)
angelică (vocative)
angelico (vocative)

Borrowed from Greek αγγελικά (angeliká).

an alcoholic beverage made from this plant


arbust

arbuști (plural)
arbust (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arbustul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arbuști (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arbuștii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arbust (indefinite singular)
arbustului (definite singular)
arbuști (indefinite plural)
arbuștilor (definite plural)
arbustule (singular vocative)
arbuștilor (plural vocative)

From Latin arbustum through French arbuste.


raton

ratoni (plural)
raton (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ratonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ratoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ratonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
raton (indefinite singular)
ratonului (definite singular)
ratoni (indefinite plural)
ratonilor (definite plural)
ratonule (singular vocative)
ratonilor (plural vocative)


iederă

iedere (plural)
iederă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iedera (accusative definite nominative singular)
iedere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
iederele (accusative definite nominative plural)
iedere (indefinite singular)
iederei (definite singular)
iedere (indefinite plural)
iederelor (definite plural)
iederă (singular vocative)
iedero (singular vocative)
iederelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).


ied

ro-noun

ied m (plural iezi, feminine equivalent iadă)

iezi (plural)
equivalent iadă (feminine)
ied (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iedul (accusative definite nominative singular)
iezi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
iezii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ied (indefinite singular)
iedului (definite singular)
iezi (indefinite plural)
iezilor (definite plural)
iedule (singular vocative)
iezilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin haedus, from a substrate language.


iepure

iepuri (plural)
iepure (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iepurele (accusative definite nominative singular)
iepuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
iepurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
iepure (indefinite singular)
iepurelui (definite singular)
iepuri (indefinite plural)
iepurilor (definite plural)
iepure (singular vocative)
iepurilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin leporem. Compare Aromanian ljepure.


câine

câine m (plural câini, feminine equivalent cățea)

câini (plural)
equivalent cățea (feminine)
câine (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
câinele (accusative definite nominative singular)
câini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
câinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
câine (indefinite singular)
câinelui (definite singular)
câini (indefinite plural)
câinilor (definite plural)
câine (singular vocative)
câinilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.

Dă câinelui un os.


oaie

oi (plural)
oaie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
oaia (accusative definite nominative singular)
oi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
oile (accusative definite nominative plural)
oi (indefinite singular)
oii (definite singular)
oi (indefinite plural)
oilor (definite plural)
oaie (singular vocative)
oaio (singular vocative)
oilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin ovem, accusative of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Compare Aromanian oai.


pisică

pisici (plural)
pisică (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pisica (accusative definite nominative singular)
pisici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pisicile (accusative definite nominative plural)
pisici (indefinite singular)
pisicii (definite singular)
pisici (indefinite plural)
pisicilor (definite plural)
pisică (singular vocative)
pisico (singular vocative)
pisicilor (plural vocative)

From pis (sound used to call a cat, of onomatopoetic origin) + -ică. Also compare Sardinian pisittu (“cat”), Turkish pişik and Azerbaijani pişik.


berbec

berbeci (plural)
berbec (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
berbecul (accusative definite nominative singular)
berbeci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
berbecii (accusative definite nominative plural)
berbec (indefinite singular)
berbecului (definite singular)
berbeci (indefinite plural)
berbecilor (definite plural)
berbecule (singular vocative)
berbecilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Late Latin berbēx, berbēce, variant of Latin vervēx. Compare Aromanian birbec. For the meanings 3 and 4, compare the evolution of Spanish cabrón.


urs

ro-noun

urs m (plural urși, feminine equivalent ursă)

urși (plural)
equivalent ursă (feminine)
urs (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ursul (accusative definite nominative singular)
urși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
urșii (accusative definite nominative plural)
urs (indefinite singular)
ursului (definite singular)
urși (indefinite plural)
urșilor (definite plural)
ursule (singular vocative)
urșilor (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Romanian urs
Inherited from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos.


cal

cai (plural)
cal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
calul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cai (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cal (indefinite singular)
calului (definite singular)
cai (indefinite plural)
cailor (definite plural)
calule (singular vocative)
cailor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin or from something further east, such as a Scythian and ultimately Proto-Iranian [Term?] origin. The Romanian word likely went through an earlier hypothetical form *căal or *caual. Compare Aromanian cal.


aligator

aligatori (plural)
aligator (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
aligatorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
aligatori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
aligatorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
aligator (indefinite singular)
aligatorului (definite singular)
aligatori (indefinite plural)
aligatorilor (definite plural)
aligatorule (singular vocative)
aligatorilor (plural vocative)


arțar

arțari (plural)
arțar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arțarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arțari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arțarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arțar (indefinite singular)
arțarului (definite singular)
arțari (indefinite plural)
arțarilor (definite plural)
arțarule (singular vocative)
arțarilor (plural vocative)

Possibly a substratum word or more likely from a Vulgar Latin root *arciārium or *arceārius, itself probably from Latin acer (“maple tree”), or alternatively derived from or influenced by arcus (“bows”), as many bows were made from this wood.

Acer platanoides
Acer platanoides#Translingual


algă

alge (plural)
algă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
alga (accusative definite nominative singular)
alge (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
algele (accusative definite nominative plural)
alge (indefinite singular)
algei (definite singular)
alge (indefinite plural)
algelor (definite plural)
algă (singular vocative)
algo (singular vocative)
algelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French algue, from Latin alga, from Proto-Indo-European *alg- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”).


anason

anason (accusative indefinite nominative)
anasonul (accusative definite nominative)
anason (indefinite)
anasonului (definite)
anasonule (vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آناصون (anason).


azalee

azalee (plural)
azalee (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
azaleea (accusative definite nominative singular)
azalee (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
azaleele (accusative definite nominative plural)
azalee (indefinite singular)
azaleei (definite singular)
azalee (indefinite plural)
azaleelor (definite plural)
azalee (singular vocative)
azaleeo (singular vocative)
azaleelor (plural vocative)


lotus

lotuși (plural)
lotus (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lotusul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lotuși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lotușii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lotus (indefinite singular)
lotusului (definite singular)
lotuși (indefinite plural)
lotușilor (definite plural)
lotusule (singular vocative)
lotușilor (plural vocative)


lin

lini (plural)
lin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
linul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
linii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lin (indefinite singular)
linului (definite singular)
lini (indefinite plural)
linilor (definite plural)
linule (singular vocative)
linilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian лин (lin), from Proto-Slavic *linъ.


tatu

tatu (plural)
tatu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tatuul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tatu (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tatu (indefinite singular)
tatuului (definite singular)
tatu (indefinite plural)
tatu (singular vocative)

armadillo (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)


rățoi

ro-noun

rățoi m (plural rățoi, feminine equivalent rață)

rățoi (plural)
equivalent rață (feminine)
rățoi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rățoiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
rățoi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rățoii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rățoi (indefinite singular)
rățoiului (definite singular)
rățoi (indefinite plural)
rățoilor (definite plural)
rățoiule (singular vocative)
rățoilor (plural vocative)


boz

boji (plural)
boz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bozul (accusative definite nominative singular)
boji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bojii (accusative definite nominative plural)
boz (indefinite singular)
bozului (definite singular)
boji (indefinite plural)
bojilor (definite plural)
bozule (singular vocative)
bojilor (plural vocative)

Sambucus ebulus
Sambucus ebulus#Translingual


grizzly

grizzly (plural)
grizzly (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
grizzly-ul (accusative definite nominative singular)
grizzly (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
grizzly-i (accusative definite nominative plural)
grizzly (indefinite singular)
grizzly-ului (definite singular)
grizzly (indefinite plural)
grizzly-lor (definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.

ubor

Ursus arctos horribilis
Ursus arctos horribilis#Translingual

grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)


bou

boi (plural)
bou (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
boul (accusative definite nominative singular)
boi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
boii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bou (indefinite singular)
boului (definite singular)
boi (indefinite plural)
boilor (definite plural)
boule (singular vocative)
boilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Compare Aromanian bou.

боу — post-1930s (Moldovan Cyrillic spelling


cer

ceri (plural)
cer (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cerul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ceri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cerii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cer (indefinite singular)
cerului (definite singular)
ceri (indefinite plural)
cerilor (definite plural)
cerule (singular vocative)
cerilor (plural vocative)

Quercus cerris
Quercus cerris#Translingual


cerb

cerbi (plural)
cerb (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cerbul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cerbi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cerbii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cerb (indefinite singular)
cerbului (definite singular)
cerbi (indefinite plural)
cerbilor (definite plural)
cerbule (singular vocative)
cerbilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Compare Aromanian tserbu.


stuf

stufuri (plural)
stuf (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
stuful (accusative definite nominative singular)
stufuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
stufurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
stuf (indefinite singular)
stufului (definite singular)
stufuri (indefinite plural)
stufurilor (definite plural)
stufule (singular vocative)
stufurilor (plural vocative)

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *styphus, from Late Latin stypa + typhe, from Ancient Greek τύφη (túphē), or possibly related to tufă and contaminated with stypa. It may also simply be from tufă with an initial expressive -s-. Not related to Hebrew סוּף (súf).


păr

peri (plural)
păr (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
părul (accusative definite nominative singular)
peri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
perii (accusative definite nominative plural)
păr (indefinite singular)
părului (definite singular)
peri (indefinite plural)
perilor (definite plural)
părule (singular vocative)
perilor (plural vocative)


măr

mere (plural)
măr (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mărul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
merele (accusative definite nominative plural)
măr (indefinite singular)
mărului (definite singular)
mere (indefinite plural)
merelor (definite plural)
mărule (singular vocative)
merelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin mēlum, variant of mālum. Compare Aromanian mer, Romansch mail, Friulian mêl.


măr

meri (plural)
măr (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mărul (accusative definite nominative singular)
meri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
merii (accusative definite nominative plural)
măr (indefinite singular)
mărului (definite singular)
meri (indefinite plural)
merilor (definite plural)
mărule (singular vocative)
merilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus. Compare Italian melo.


porumbel

porumbei (plural)
porumbel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
porumbelul (accusative definite nominative singular)
porumbei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
porumbeii (accusative definite nominative plural)
porumbel (indefinite singular)
porumbelului (definite singular)
porumbei (indefinite plural)
porumbeilor (definite plural)
porumbelule (singular vocative)
porumbeilor (plural vocative)


zmeură

zmeure (plural)
zmeură (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zmeura (accusative definite nominative singular)
zmeure (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zmeurele (accusative definite nominative plural)
zmeure (indefinite singular)
zmeurei (definite singular)
zmeure (indefinite plural)
zmeurelor (definite plural)
zmeură (singular vocative)
zmeuro (singular vocative)
zmeurelor (plural vocative)


rac

raci (plural)
rac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
racul (accusative definite nominative singular)
raci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
racii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rac (indefinite singular)
racului (definite singular)
raci (indefinite plural)
racilor (definite plural)
racule (singular vocative)
racilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ракъ (rakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rakъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian rak, Czech rak, Polish rak.


orz

orzuri (plural)
orz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
orzul (accusative definite nominative singular)
orzuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
orzurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
orz (indefinite singular)
orzului (definite singular)
orzuri (indefinite plural)
orzurilor (definite plural)
orzule (singular vocative)
orzurilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).


corb

corbi (plural)
corb (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
corbul (accusative definite nominative singular)
corbi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
corbii (accusative definite nominative plural)
corb (indefinite singular)
corbului (definite singular)
corbi (indefinite plural)
corbilor (definite plural)
corbule (singular vocative)
corbilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

Un corb negru, corbișor
Ce zbura încetișor
Și din aripi tot bătea
Și cu jale croncănea.
E-atras de doliul sarcastic

1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


ulm

ulmi (plural)
ulm (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ulmul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ulmi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ulmii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ulm (indefinite singular)
ulmului (definite singular)
ulmi (indefinite plural)
ulmilor (definite plural)
ulmule (singular vocative)
ulmilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).


râs

râsete (plural)
râs (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
râsul (accusative definite nominative singular)
râsete (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
râsetele (accusative definite nominative plural)
râs (indefinite singular)
râsului (definite singular)
râsete (indefinite plural)
râsetelor (definite plural)
râsule (singular vocative)
râsetelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin rīsus. The plural was formed from that of the word râset, itself having the same meaning and deriving from râs + -et.


năpârcă

năpârci (plural)
năpârcă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
năpârca (accusative definite nominative singular)
năpârci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
năpârcile (accusative definite nominative plural)
năpârci (indefinite singular)
năpârcii (definite singular)
năpârci (indefinite plural)
năpârcilor (definite plural)
năpârcă (singular vocative)
năpârco (singular vocative)
năpârcilor (plural vocative)

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.


rădașcă

rădaște (plural)
rădașcă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rădașca (accusative definite nominative singular)
rădaște (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rădaștele (accusative definite nominative plural)
rădaște (indefinite singular)
rădaștei (definite singular)
rădaște (indefinite plural)
rădaștelor (definite plural)
rădașcă (singular vocative)
rădașco (singular vocative)
rădaștelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian родачка (rodačka).

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Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus#Translingual


caisă

caise (plural)
caisă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
caisa (accusative definite nominative singular)
caise (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caisele (accusative definite nominative plural)
caise (indefinite singular)
caisei (definite singular)
caise (indefinite plural)
caiselor (definite plural)
caisă (singular vocative)
caiso (singular vocative)
caiselor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kaysi).