albină

albine (plural)
albină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
albina (accusative definite nominative singular)
albine (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
albinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
albine (indefinite singular)
albinei (definite singular)
albine (indefinite plural)
albinelor (definite plural)
albină (singular vocative)
albino (singular vocative)
albinelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *alvīna (“beehive”) (compare Aromanian alghinã (“bee”), Megleno-Romanian ălbină, Istro-Romanian albire (“bee”), Venetan albina (“hive”)), derived from classical Latin alvus or alveus.


cârtiță

cârtițe (plural)
cârtiță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cârtița (accusative definite nominative singular)
cârtițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cârtițele (accusative definite nominative plural)
cârtițe (indefinite singular)
cârtiței (definite singular)
cârtițe (indefinite plural)
cârtițelor (definite plural)
cârtiță (singular vocative)
cârtițo (singular vocative)
cârtițelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian къртица (kǎrtica), from Proto-Slavic *krъtica, from *krъtъ (“mole”). Compare Serbo-Croatian krtica.


lup

lupi (plural)
lup (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lupul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lupi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lupii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lup (indefinite singular)
lupului (definite singular)
lupi (indefinite plural)
lupilor (definite plural)
lupule (singular vocative)
lupilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.


hârciog

hârciogi (plural)
hârciog (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hârciogul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hârciogi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hârciogii (accusative definite nominative plural)
hârciog (indefinite singular)
hârciogului (definite singular)
hârciogi (indefinite plural)
hârciogilor (definite plural)
hârciogule (singular vocative)
hârciogilor (plural vocative)

/hɨrˈt͡ʃʲoɡ/

Cricetus cricetus
Wikispecies:Cricetus cricetus


știucă

știuci (plural)
știucă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
știuca (accusative definite nominative singular)
știuci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
știucile (accusative definite nominative plural)
știuci (indefinite singular)
știucii (definite singular)
știuci (indefinite plural)
știucilor (definite plural)
știucă (singular vocative)
știuco (singular vocative)
știucilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian щука (štuka) or Serbo-Croatian štuka, from Proto-Slavic *ščùka. Doublet of ciucă.


iapă

iepe (plural)
iapă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iapa (accusative definite nominative singular)
iepe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
iepele (accusative definite nominative plural)
iepe (indefinite singular)
iepei (definite singular)
iepe (indefinite plural)
iepelor (definite plural)
iapă (singular vocative)
iapo (singular vocative)
iepelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).


căpșună

căpșune (plural)
căpșuni (plural)
căpșună (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
căpșuna (accusative definite nominative singular)
căpșune (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
căpșunele (accusative definite nominative plural)
căpșune (indefinite singular)
căpșunei (definite singular)
căpșune (indefinite plural)
căpșunelor (definite plural)
căpșună (singular vocative)
căpșuno (singular vocative)
căpșunelor (plural vocative)
căpșună (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
căpșuna (accusative definite nominative singular)
căpșuni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
căpșunile (accusative definite nominative plural)
căpșuni (indefinite singular)
căpșunii (definite singular)
căpșuni (indefinite plural)
căpșunilor (definite plural)
căpșună (singular vocative)
căpșuno (singular vocative)
căpșunilor (plural vocative)

Probably from a diminutive of cap with the suffix -ușă. See also căpușă. Compare Aromanian cãpsheanã.


grâu

grâne (plural)
grâie (plural)
grâu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
grâul (accusative definite nominative singular)
grâne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
grânele (accusative definite nominative plural)
grâu (indefinite singular)
grâului (definite singular)
grâne (indefinite plural)
grânelor (definite plural)
grâule (singular vocative)
grânelor (plural vocative)
grâu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
grâul (accusative definite nominative singular)
grâie (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
grâiele (accusative definite nominative plural)
grâu (indefinite singular)
grâului (definite singular)
grâie (indefinite plural)
grâielor (definite plural)
grâule (singular vocative)
grâielor (plural vocative)


tutun

tutunuri (plural)
tutun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tutunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tutunuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tutunurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
tutun (indefinite singular)
tutunului (definite singular)
tutunuri (indefinite plural)
tutunurilor (definite plural)
tutunule (singular vocative)
tutunurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish توتون (tütün).


vrabie

vrăbii (plural)
vrabie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vrabia (accusative definite nominative singular)
vrăbii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vrăbiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
vrăbii (indefinite singular)
vrabiei (definite singular)
vrăbii (indefinite plural)
vrăbiilor (definite plural)
vrabie (singular vocative)
vrabio (singular vocative)
vrăbiilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врабии (vrabii), from Proto-Slavic *vorbь. Compare Serbo-Croatian vrabac.


rândunică

rândunici (plural)
rândunică (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rândunica (accusative definite nominative singular)
rândunici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rândunicile (accusative definite nominative plural)
rândunici (indefinite singular)
rândunicii (definite singular)
rândunici (indefinite plural)
rândunicilor (definite plural)

From rândunea + -ică, from Vulgar Latin *hirundinella, diminutive of classical Latin hirundo.


maimuță

maimuțe (plural)
maimuță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
maimuța (accusative definite nominative singular)
maimuțe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
maimuțele (accusative definite nominative plural)
maimuțe (indefinite singular)
maimuței (definite singular)
maimuțe (indefinite plural)
maimuțelor (definite plural)
maimuță (singular vocative)
maimuțo (singular vocative)
maimuțelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek μαϊμού (maïmoú) or Ottoman Turkish میمون (maymun), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn), influenced by the suffix -uță.


rodie

rodii (plural)
rodie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rodia (accusative definite nominative singular)
rodii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rodiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
rodii (indefinite singular)
rodiei (definite singular)
rodii (indefinite plural)
rodiilor (definite plural)
rodie (singular vocative)
rodio (singular vocative)
rodiilor (plural vocative)


sturz

sturzi (plural)
sturz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
sturzul (accusative definite nominative singular)
sturzi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
sturzii (accusative definite nominative plural)
sturz (indefinite singular)
sturzului (definite singular)
sturzi (indefinite plural)
sturzilor (definite plural)
sturzule (singular vocative)
sturzilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin turdus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. The initial s- may be due to influence by Latin sturnus, and the final -z may be due to the word being reformed from the plural *turzi, or less likely through a Vulgar Latin root *turdeus. Compare Aromanian sturdzu, strudz.

thrush (any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae)


stejar

stejari (plural)
stejar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
stejarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
stejari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
stejarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
stejar (indefinite singular)
stejarului (definite singular)
stejari (indefinite plural)
stejarilor (definite plural)
stejarule (singular vocative)
stejarilor (plural vocative)

Uncertain. Possibly a substratum. May be related to Bulgarian стежер (stežer, “pole, oak tree”) or Bulgarian стеж (stež, “white oak”).


șarpe

șerpi (plural)
șarpe (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șarpele (accusative definite nominative singular)
șerpi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șerpii (accusative definite nominative plural)
șarpe (indefinite singular)
șarpelui (definite singular)
șerpi (indefinite plural)
șerpilor (definite plural)
șarpe (singular vocative)
șerpilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Compare Aromanian sharpi.


bivol

bivoli (plural)
bivol (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bivolul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bivoli (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bivolii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bivol (indefinite singular)
bivolului (definite singular)
bivoli (indefinite plural)
bivolilor (definite plural)
bivolule (singular vocative)
bivolilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑволъ (byvolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ, from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of bour, which was inherited from Latin.


nuc

nuci (plural)
nuc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
nucul (accusative definite nominative singular)
nuci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
nucii (accusative definite nominative plural)
nuc (indefinite singular)
nucului (definite singular)
nuci (indefinite plural)
nucilor (definite plural)
nucule (singular vocative)
nucilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin nux, nucis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine; compare păr, prun, alun, măr, etc.


junc

ro-noun

junc m (plural junci, feminine equivalent juncă)

junci (plural)
equivalent juncă (feminine)
junc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
juncul (accusative definite nominative singular)
junci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
juncii (accusative definite nominative plural)
junc (indefinite singular)
juncului (definite singular)
junci (indefinite plural)
juncilor (definite plural)
juncule (singular vocative)
juncilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin juvencus, iuvencus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, derived from *h₂yuh₁en-, derived from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force”, “life”).

(regional)


cubeb

cubebi (plural)
cubeb (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cubebul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cubebi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cubebii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cubeb (indefinite singular)
cubebului (definite singular)
cubebi (indefinite plural)
cubebilor (definite plural)
cubebule (singular vocative)
cubebilor (plural vocative)


tabac

tabac (accusative indefinite nominative)
tabacul (accusative definite nominative)
tabac (indefinite)
tabacului (definite)
tabacule (vocative)

Borrowed from French tabac, from Spanish tabaco, either from Arabic or from Taíno. See English tobacco for more.


canale

canale (accusative indefinite nominative)
canalele (accusative definite nominative)
canale (indefinite)
canalelor (definite)
canalelor (vocative)

Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina#Translingual


colibri

colibri (plural)
colibri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
colibriul (accusative definite nominative singular)
colibri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
colibrii (accusative definite nominative plural)
colibri (indefinite singular)
colibriului (definite singular)
colibri (indefinite plural)
colibrilor (definite plural)
colibriule (singular vocative)
colibrilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.


cais

caiși (plural)
cais (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
caisul (accusative definite nominative singular)
caiși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caișii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cais (indefinite singular)
caisului (definite singular)
caiși (indefinite plural)
caișilor (definite plural)
caisule (singular vocative)
caișilor (plural vocative)

Back-formation from caisă (“apricot fruit”), from Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kayısı).


pepene

pepeni (plural)
pepene (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pepenele (accusative definite nominative singular)
pepeni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pepenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pepene (indefinite singular)
pepenelui (definite singular)
pepeni (indefinite plural)
pepenilor (definite plural)
pepene (singular vocative)
pepenilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin pepō, peponem, through a Vulgar Latin root *pepinem. The Latin derives from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn). Compare Aromanian peapini.

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, syn. Citrullus vulgaris)


gavial

gaviali (plural)
gavial (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gavialul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gaviali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gavialii (accusative definite nominative plural)
gavial (indefinite singular)
gavialului (definite singular)
gaviali (indefinite plural)
gavialilor (definite plural)
gavialule (singular vocative)
gavialilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).


cince

Inherited from Latin cīmicem (“bedbug”).

(Banat) Only used in cince de sătul (“full as a bedbug”).


dragoste

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic драгость (dragostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dorgostь, from *dorgъ + *-ostь.


aguti

aguti (plural)
aguti (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
agutiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
aguti (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
agutii (accusative definite nominative plural)
aguti (indefinite singular)
agutiului (definite singular)
aguti (indefinite plural)
agutilor (definite plural)
agutiule (singular vocative)
agutilor (plural vocative)

agouti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs)


piton

pitoni (plural)
piton (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pitonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pitoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pitonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
piton (indefinite singular)
pitonului (definite singular)
pitoni (indefinite plural)
pitonilor (definite plural)
pitonule (singular vocative)
pitonilor (plural vocative)


capibara

capibare (plural)
capibara (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
capibara (accusative definite nominative singular)
capibare (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
capibarele (accusative definite nominative plural)
capibare (indefinite singular)
capibarei (definite singular)
capibare (indefinite plural)
capibarelor (definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual

capybara (rodent) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)


bizon

bizoni (plural)
bizon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bizonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bizoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bizonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bizon (indefinite singular)
bizonului (definite singular)
bizoni (indefinite plural)
bizonilor (definite plural)
bizonule (singular vocative)
bizonilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French bison, from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, melt”).


rechin

rechini (plural)
rechin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rechinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
rechini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rechinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rechin (indefinite singular)
rechinului (definite singular)
rechini (indefinite plural)
rechinilor (definite plural)
rechinule (singular vocative)
rechinilor (plural vocative)


muflon

mufloni (plural)
muflon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
muflonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mufloni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
muflonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
muflon (indefinite singular)
muflonului (definite singular)
mufloni (indefinite plural)
muflonilor (definite plural)
muflonule (singular vocative)
muflonilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French mouflon, from Italian muflone, from Late Latin mufrō (“wild sheep”), related to Latin musimo (“wild sheep”).


păianjen

păianjeni (plural)
păianjen (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
păianjenul (accusative definite nominative singular)
păianjeni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
păianjenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
păianjen (indefinite singular)
păianjenului (definite singular)
păianjeni (indefinite plural)
păianjenilor (definite plural)
păianjenule (singular vocative)
păianjenilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic *паѭжина (*pajǫžina), from паѫкъ (paǫkŭ) + -ина (-ina), from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ. Compare Aromanian pangu, Bulgarian паяжина (pajažina).

bor+

Ăsta e un păianjen. Are opt picioare.


floare

flori (plural)
floare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
floarea (accusative definite nominative singular)
flori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
florile (accusative definite nominative plural)
flori (indefinite singular)
florii (definite singular)
flori (indefinite plural)
florilor (definite plural)
floare (singular vocative)
floareo (singular vocative)
florilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Doublet of floră.


belvedere

belvedere (accusative indefinite nominative)
belvederea (accusative definite nominative)
belvedere (indefinite)
belvederei (definite)
belvedere (vocative)
belvedereo (vocative)


portocală

portocale (plural)
portocală (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
portocala (accusative definite nominative singular)
portocale (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
portocalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
portocale (indefinite singular)
portocalei (definite singular)
portocale (indefinite plural)
portocalelor (definite plural)
portocală (singular vocative)
portocalo (singular vocative)
portocalelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).


banană

banane (plural)
banană (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
banana (accusative definite nominative singular)
banane (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bananele (accusative definite nominative plural)
banane (indefinite singular)
bananei (definite singular)
banane (indefinite plural)
bananelor (definite plural)
banană (singular vocative)
banano (singular vocative)
bananelor (plural vocative)


trandafir

trandafiri (plural)
trandafir (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trandafirul (accusative definite nominative singular)
trandafiri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
trandafirii (accusative definite nominative plural)
trandafir (indefinite singular)
trandafirului (definite singular)
trandafiri (indefinite plural)
trandafirilor (definite plural)
trandafirule (singular vocative)
trandafirilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo). Compare Aromanian trandafilã, Albanian trëndafil, Ukrainian троянда (trojanda), Bulgarian трендафил (trendafil), Ladino trandafila.

τριαντάφυλλο


pește

pești (plural)
pește (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
peștele (accusative definite nominative singular)
pești (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
peștii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pește (indefinite singular)
peștelui (definite singular)
pești (indefinite plural)
peștilor (definite plural)
pește (singular vocative)
peștilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin piscem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Italian pesce, Spanish pez, peje and Portuguese peixe.

Miroase a pește aici.


pasăre

păsări (plural)
pasăre (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pasărea (accusative definite nominative singular)
păsări (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
păsările (accusative definite nominative plural)
păsări (indefinite singular)
păsării (definite singular)
păsări (indefinite plural)
păsărilor (definite plural)
pasăre (singular vocative)
pasăreo (singular vocative)
păsărilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin passer, passerem (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).


nucă

nuci (plural)
nucă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
nuca (accusative definite nominative singular)
nuci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
nucile (accusative definite nominative plural)
nuci (indefinite singular)
nucii (definite singular)
nuci (indefinite plural)
nucilor (definite plural)
nucă (singular vocative)
nuco (singular vocative)
nucilor (plural vocative)

From nuc, or from Latin nux, nucem, probably with later adjustment to a standard feminine form ending in -ă. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine.


papagal

papagali (plural)
papagal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
papagalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
papagali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
papagalii (accusative definite nominative plural)
papagal (indefinite singular)
papagalului (definite singular)
papagali (indefinite plural)
papagalilor (definite plural)
papagalule (singular vocative)
papagalilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), from Italian pappagallo.

bor+

(slang) sucker (a person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something)


arahnidă

arahnide (plural)
arahnidă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arahnida (accusative definite nominative singular)
arahnide (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arahnidele (accusative definite nominative plural)
arahnide (indefinite singular)
arahnidei (definite singular)
arahnide (indefinite plural)
arahnidelor (definite plural)
arahnidă (singular vocative)
arahnido (singular vocative)
arahnidelor (plural vocative)


roză

roze (plural)
roză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
roza (accusative definite nominative singular)
roze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rozele (accusative definite nominative plural)
roze (indefinite singular)
rozei (definite singular)
roze (indefinite plural)
rozelor (definite plural)
roză (singular vocative)
rozo (singular vocative)
rozelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Latin rosa, Italian rosa, French rose, German Rose.


lamantin

lamantini (plural)
lamantin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lamantinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lamantini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lamantinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lamantin (indefinite singular)
lamantinului (definite singular)
lamantini (indefinite plural)
lamantinilor (definite plural)
lamantinule (singular vocative)
lamantinilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French lamantin, an alteration of Spanish manatí.

manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)


liliac

lilieci (plural)
liliac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
liliacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lilieci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
liliecii (accusative definite nominative plural)
liliac (indefinite singular)
liliacului (definite singular)
lilieci (indefinite plural)
liliecilor (definite plural)
liliacule (singular vocative)
liliecilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak), from Arabic لَيْلَك (laylak), from Persian لیلک (lilak, “lilac”). Doublet of lila.


liliac

Borrowed from Bulgarian лиляк (liljak), from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. Compare Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk), ле́ли́к (lélýk, “bat”), Polish lelek (“nightjar”), Slovak lelek (“nightjar”) and Macedonian лилјак (liljak).


salvie

salvii (plural)
salvie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
salvia (accusative definite nominative singular)
salvii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
salviile (accusative definite nominative plural)
salvii (indefinite singular)
salviei (definite singular)
salvii (indefinite plural)
salviilor (definite plural)
salvie (singular vocative)
salvio (singular vocative)
salviilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Latin salvia, with variants probably coming through a Slavic intermediary.


călugăriță

ro-noun

călugăriță f (plural călugărițe, masculine equivalent călugăr)

călugărițe (plural)
equivalent călugăr (masculine)
călugăriță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
călugărița (accusative definite nominative singular)
călugărițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
călugărițele (accusative definite nominative plural)
călugărițe (indefinite singular)
călugăriței (definite singular)
călugărițe (indefinite plural)
călugărițelor (definite plural)
călugăriță (singular vocative)
călugărițo (singular vocative)
călugărițelor (plural vocative)

că‧lu‧gă‧ri‧ță

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калоугерица (kalugerica). By surface analysis, călugăr (“monk”) + -iță. First attested in 1682.

surf

Între timp, se dovedise că Ioana e o persoană de categoria „călugăriței“, atrăgînd bărbații spre a-i „devora“.

1983 August 20, Artur Silvestri, Luceafărul, year 26, number 33, Bucharest, page 7:

Meanwhile, it turned out that Ioana was a person of the sort of the “praying mantis”, luring men in order to “devour” them.

Pe masă[…]stăteau două borcane mari de farmacie, în care Breton înmagazinase aproape o duzină de călugărițe.

2021, Alina Cârâc, transl., Portofoliul fugii, Bucharest: Humanitas, translation of The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer, →ISBN:

On the table […] there stood two large apothecary jars, in which Breton had stored almost a dozen praying mantises.


șoarece

șoareci (plural)
șoarece (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șoarecele (accusative definite nominative singular)
șoareci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șoarecii (accusative definite nominative plural)
șoarece (indefinite singular)
șoarecelui (definite singular)
șoareci (indefinite plural)
șoarecilor (definite plural)
șoarece (singular vocative)
șoarecilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin sōricem, accusative singular of sōrex (“shrew”). Compare Aromanian shoaric, French souris.


șobolan

șobolani (plural)
șobolan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șobolanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
șobolani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șobolanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
șobolan (indefinite singular)
șobolanului (definite singular)
șobolani (indefinite plural)
șobolanilor (definite plural)
șobolanule (singular vocative)
șobolanilor (plural vocative)

From sobol + -an, from Proto-Slavic *sobolъ. Compare Bulgarian соболец (sobolec).


orhidee

orhidee (plural)
orhidee (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
orhideea (accusative definite nominative singular)
orhidee (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
orhideele (accusative definite nominative plural)
orhidee (indefinite singular)
orhideei (definite singular)
orhidee (indefinite plural)
orhideelor (definite plural)
orhidee (singular vocative)
orhideeo (singular vocative)
orhideelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Orchidee, French orchidée.


lori

lori (plural)
lori (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
loriul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lori (indefinite singular)
loriului (definite singular)
lori (indefinite plural)
lorilor (definite plural)
loriule (singular vocative)
lorilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).


lori

Borrowed from French lori, probably from Malay lori (“parrot”). Compare Malay nuri.


cartof

cartofi (plural)
cartof (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cartoful (accusative definite nominative singular)
cartofi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cartofii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cartof (indefinite singular)
cartofului (definite singular)
cartofi (indefinite plural)
cartofilor (definite plural)
cartofule (singular vocative)
cartofilor (plural vocative)


solan

solani (plural)
solan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
solanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
solani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
solanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
solan (indefinite singular)
solanului (definite singular)
solani (indefinite plural)
solanilor (definite plural)
solanule (singular vocative)
solanilor (plural vocative)

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual


pelin

pelin (accusative indefinite nominative)
pelinul (accusative definite nominative)
pelin (indefinite)
pelinului (definite)
pelinule (vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian пелин (pelin), from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian pelin, Polish piołun.


mahon

mahon (accusative indefinite nominative)
mahonul (accusative definite nominative)
mahon (indefinite)
mahonului (definite)
mahonule (vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مغون (mağun).


crin

crini (plural)
crin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
crinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
crini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
crinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
crin (indefinite singular)
crinului (definite singular)
crini (indefinite plural)
crinilor (definite plural)
crinule (singular vocative)
crinilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кринъ (krinŭ), from Greek κρίνο (kríno), from Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon).


alun

aluni (plural)
alun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
alunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
aluni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
alunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
alun (indefinite singular)
alunului (definite singular)
aluni (indefinite plural)
alunilor (definite plural)
alunule (singular vocative)
alunilor (plural vocative)

Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana#Translingual


lipan

lipani (plural)
lipan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lipanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lipani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lipanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lipan (indefinite singular)
lipanului (definite singular)
lipani (indefinite plural)
lipanilor (definite plural)
lipanule (singular vocative)
lipanilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian липан (lipan) or Serbo-Croatian lipan. Compare Czech lipan, Polish lipień.

Thymallus thymallus
Thymallus thymallus#Translingual


șoim

șoimi (plural)
șoim (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șoimul (accusative definite nominative singular)
șoimi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șoimii (accusative definite nominative plural)
șoim (indefinite singular)
șoimului (definite singular)
șoimi (indefinite plural)
șoimilor (definite plural)
șoimule (singular vocative)
șoimilor (plural vocative)


lamă

lame (plural)
lamă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lama (accusative definite nominative singular)
lame (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lamele (accusative definite nominative plural)
lame (indefinite singular)
lamei (definite singular)
lame (indefinite plural)
lamelor (definite plural)
lamă (singular vocative)
lamo (singular vocative)
lamelor (plural vocative)


lamă

From French lama, from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.


furnică

furnici (plural)
furnică (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
furnica (accusative definite nominative singular)
furnici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
furnicile (accusative definite nominative plural)
furnici (indefinite singular)
furnicii (definite singular)
furnici (indefinite plural)
furnicilor (definite plural)
furnică (singular vocative)
furnico (singular vocative)
furnicilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin formīca or furmīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Compare Aragonese fornica, Aromanian furnicã.


plantă

plante (plural)
plantă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
planta (accusative definite nominative singular)
plante (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
plantele (accusative definite nominative plural)
plante (indefinite singular)
plantei (definite singular)
plante (indefinite plural)
plantelor (definite plural)
plantă (singular vocative)
planto (singular vocative)
plantelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French plante, Latin planta. Doublet of the inherited plântă.


macrou

macrouri (plural)
macrou (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
macroul (accusative definite nominative singular)
macrouri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
macrourile (accusative definite nominative plural)
macrou (indefinite singular)
macroului (definite singular)
macrouri (indefinite plural)
macrourilor (definite plural)
macroule (singular vocative)
macrourilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French maquereau, from Old French maquerel, from a Germanic source.


castravete

castraveți (plural)
castravete (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
castravetele (accusative definite nominative singular)
castraveți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
castraveții (accusative definite nominative plural)
castravete (indefinite singular)
castravetelui (definite singular)
castraveți (indefinite plural)
castraveților (definite plural)
castravete (singular vocative)
castraveților (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian кра́ставица (krástavica).


molie

molii (plural)
molie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
molia (accusative definite nominative singular)
molii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
moliile (accusative definite nominative plural)
molii (indefinite singular)
moliei (definite singular)
molii (indefinite plural)
moliilor (definite plural)
molie (singular vocative)
molio (singular vocative)
moliilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic моль (molĭ), from Proto-Slavic *moľь.


copepod

copepode (plural)
copepod (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
copepodul (accusative definite nominative singular)
copepode (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
copepodele (accusative definite nominative plural)
copepod (indefinite singular)
copepodului (definite singular)
copepode (indefinite plural)
copepodelor (definite plural)
copepodule (singular vocative)
copepodelor (plural vocative)


bumbac

bumbaci (plural)
bumbac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bumbacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bumbaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bumbacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bumbac (indefinite singular)
bumbacului (definite singular)
bumbaci (indefinite plural)
bumbacilor (definite plural)
bumbacule (singular vocative)
bumbacilor (plural vocative)

Probably from a Late Latin bombax or *bombacum, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάμβαξ (bámbax). Compare Medieval Latin bombacium (Byzantine Greek βαμβάκιον (vamvákion)), from Ancient Greek βάμβαξ (bámbax), Italian bambagia, Venetan bombàxo, bombàs, also Greek βαμβάκι (vamváki), μπαμπάκι (bampáki), Serbo-Croatian bumbak, pamuk, Bulgarian бу́бак (búbak), Albanian pambuk, Turkish pamuk.


pui

pui (plural)
pui (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
puiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pui (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
puii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pui (indefinite singular)
puiului (definite singular)
pui (indefinite plural)
puilor (definite plural)
puiule (singular vocative)
puilor (plural vocative)

→? Hungarian: pulya

Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.

der

cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people


cocor

cocori (plural)
cocor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cocorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cocori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cocorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cocor (indefinite singular)
cocorului (definite singular)
cocori (indefinite plural)
cocorilor (definite plural)
cocorule (singular vocative)
cocorilor (plural vocative)

Uncertain. Possibly related to Slavic *kokorь, *kokora.


cățea

ro-noun

cățea f (plural cățele, masculine equivalent câine)

cățele (plural)
equivalent câine (masculine)
cățea (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cățeaua (accusative definite nominative singular)
cățele (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cățelele (accusative definite nominative plural)
cățele (indefinite singular)
cățelei (definite singular)
cățele (indefinite plural)
cățelelor (definite plural)
cățea (singular vocative)
cățelelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin catella (“female puppy, young bitch”). Compare Portuguese cadela, Aromanian cãtsauã, cãtsau.


gaie

găi (plural)
gaie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gaia (accusative definite nominative singular)
găi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
găile (accusative definite nominative plural)
găi (indefinite singular)
găii (definite singular)
găi (indefinite plural)
găilor (definite plural)
gaie (singular vocative)
gaio (singular vocative)
găilor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly onomatopoetic in origin. Also possibly from Latin gāvia or less likely gaia.

Milvus migrans
Milvus migrans#Translingual

kite (bird), specifically Milvus migrans


coțofană

coțofene (plural)
coțofană (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
coțofana (accusative definite nominative singular)
coțofene (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
coțofenele (accusative definite nominative plural)
coțofene (indefinite singular)
coțofenei (definite singular)
coțofene (indefinite plural)
coțofenelor (definite plural)
coțofană (singular vocative)
coțofano (singular vocative)
coțofenelor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Possibly from Greek κοτσύφι (kotsýfi).


vultur

vulturi (plural)
vultur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vulturul (accusative definite nominative singular)
vulturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vulturii (accusative definite nominative plural)
vultur (indefinite singular)
vulturului (definite singular)
vulturi (indefinite plural)
vulturilor (definite plural)
vulturule (singular vocative)
vulturilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin vultur, vulturem (“vulture”) or vulturius. The standard pronunciation has the accent on the first syllable, but there is a variant with it on the second.


broască râioasă

ro-noun

broască râioasă f (plural broaște râioase)

Literally, “scabby frog”. From broască + râioasă, feminine of râios.


cotoi

cotoi (plural)
cotoi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cotoiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cotoi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cotoii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cotoi (indefinite singular)
cotoiului (definite singular)
cotoi (indefinite plural)
cotoilor (definite plural)
cotoiule (singular vocative)
cotoilor (plural vocative)

Possibly from a former *cot, from Old Church Slavonic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kotъ, with the suffix -oi added.


portocal

portocali (plural)
portocal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
portocalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
portocali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
portocalii (accusative definite nominative plural)
portocal (indefinite singular)
portocalului (definite singular)
portocali (indefinite plural)
portocalilor (definite plural)
portocalule (singular vocative)
portocalilor (plural vocative)

Back-formation from portocală (“orange”).


curcan

ro-noun

curcan m (plural curcani, feminine equivalent curcă)

curcani (plural)
equivalent curcă (feminine)
curcan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
curcanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
curcani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
curcanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
curcan (indefinite singular)
curcanului (definite singular)
curcani (indefinite plural)
curcanilor (definite plural)
curcanule (singular vocative)
curcanilor (plural vocative)


cocoș

cocoși (plural)
cocoș (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cocoșul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cocoși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cocoșii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cocoș (indefinite singular)
cocoșului (definite singular)
cocoși (indefinite plural)
cocoșilor (definite plural)
cocoșule (singular vocative)
cocoșilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кокошь (kokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kokošь. Compare Serbo-Croatian kokoš and Bulgarian кокош (kokoš).


gândac

gândaci (plural)
gândac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gândacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gândaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gândacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
gândac (indefinite singular)
gândacului (definite singular)
gândaci (indefinite plural)
gândacilor (definite plural)
gândacule (singular vocative)
gândacilor (plural vocative)

→ Romani: gïndàko

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic гадакъ (gadakŭ). Compare Serbo-Croatian gundelj.


palmier

palmieri (plural)
palmier (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
palmierul (accusative definite nominative singular)
palmieri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
palmierii (accusative definite nominative plural)
palmier (indefinite singular)
palmierului (definite singular)
palmieri (indefinite plural)
palmierilor (definite plural)
palmierule (singular vocative)
palmierilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French palmier (“palm tree”).


rută

rute (plural)
rută (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ruta (accusative definite nominative singular)
rute (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rutele (accusative definite nominative plural)
rute (indefinite singular)
rutei (definite singular)
rute (indefinite plural)
rutelor (definite plural)
rută (singular vocative)
ruto (singular vocative)
rutelor (plural vocative)

Probably a 17th-century learned borrowing from Latin rūta; ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).

Ruta graveolens
Ruta graveolens#Translingual


somn

somni (plural)
somn (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
somnul (accusative definite nominative singular)
somni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
somnii (accusative definite nominative plural)
somn (indefinite singular)
somnului (definite singular)
somni (indefinite plural)
somnilor (definite plural)
somnule (singular vocative)
somnilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сомъ (somŭ), from Proto-Slavic *somъ.


vierme

viermi (plural)
vierme (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
viermele (accusative definite nominative singular)
viermi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
viermii (accusative definite nominative plural)
vierme (indefinite singular)
viermelui (definite singular)
viermi (indefinite plural)
viermilor (definite plural)
vierme (singular vocative)
viermilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin vermis, vermem, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.


morcov

morcovi (plural)
morcov (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
morcovul (accusative definite nominative singular)
morcovi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
morcovii (accusative definite nominative plural)
morcov (indefinite singular)
morcovului (definite singular)
morcovi (indefinite plural)
morcovilor (definite plural)
morcovule (singular vocative)
morcovilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian морков (morkov), from Proto-Slavic *mъrky. Compare Russian морко́вь (morkóvʹ).


ceai

ceaiuri (plural)
ceai (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ceaiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ceaiuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ceaiurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ceai (indefinite singular)
ceaiului (definite singular)
ceaiuri (indefinite plural)
ceaiurilor (definite plural)
ceaiule (singular vocative)
ceaiurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (possibly through Russian чай (čaj)), from Persian چای, from Chinese 茶 (chá).


păun

ro-noun

păun m (plural păuni, feminine equivalent păuniță)

păuni (plural)
equivalent păuniță (feminine)
păun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
păunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
păuni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
păunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
păun (indefinite singular)
păunului (definite singular)
păuni (indefinite plural)
păunilor (definite plural)
păunule (singular vocative)
păunilor (plural vocative)


împărăteasă

împărăteasă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
împărăteasa (accusative definite nominative singular)
împărătese (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
împărătesele (accusative definite nominative plural)
împărătese (indefinite singular)
împărătesei (definite singular)
împărătese (indefinite plural)
împărăteselor (definite plural)
împărăteasă (singular vocative)
împărăteaso (singular vocative)
împărăteselor (plural vocative)

→ Romani: ampëratǎ̀sa

Feminine form of împărat (with the suffix -easă). Compare also Albanian mbretëreshë (“queen”).

white bryony (Bryonia alba), a poisonous plant with pale green flowers.


fugaci

fugaci (plural)
fugaci (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fugaciul (accusative definite nominative singular)
fugaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fugacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
fugaci (indefinite singular)
fugaciului (definite singular)
fugaci (indefinite plural)
fugacilor (definite plural)
fugaciule (singular vocative)
fugacilor (plural vocative)


rozmarin

rozmarini (plural)
rozmarin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rozmarinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
rozmarini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rozmarinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rozmarin (indefinite singular)
rozmarinului (definite singular)
rozmarini (indefinite plural)
rozmarinilor (definite plural)
rozmarinule (singular vocative)
rozmarinilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Rosmarin, Bulgarian розмарин (rozmarin), cf. Italian rosmarino. Ultimately from Latin rosmarinus.

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


amarilis

amariliși (plural)
amarilis (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
amarilisul (accusative definite nominative singular)
amariliși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
amarilișii (accusative definite nominative plural)
amarilis (indefinite singular)
amarilisului (definite singular)
amariliși (indefinite plural)
amarilișilor (definite plural)
amarilisule (singular vocative)
amarilișilor (plural vocative)


mascur

mascuri (plural)
mascur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mascurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mascuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mascurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mascur (indefinite singular)
mascurului (definite singular)
mascuri (indefinite plural)
mascurilor (definite plural)
mascurule (singular vocative)
mascurilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin masculus. Doublet of mascul.


calamar

calamari (plural)
calamar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
calamarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
calamari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
calamarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
calamar (indefinite singular)
calamarului (definite singular)
calamari (indefinite plural)
calamarilor (definite plural)
calamarule (singular vocative)
calamarilor (plural vocative)


cuc

cuci (plural)
cuc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cucul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cuci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cucii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cuc (indefinite singular)
cucului (definite singular)
cuci (indefinite plural)
cucilor (definite plural)
cucule (singular vocative)
cucilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)


usturoi

usturoi (plural)
usturoi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
usturoiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
usturoi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
usturoii (accusative definite nominative plural)
usturoi (indefinite singular)
usturoiului (definite singular)
usturoi (indefinite plural)
usturoilor (definite plural)
usturoiule (singular vocative)
usturoilor (plural vocative)

From ustura (“to burn, itch”) + -oi, from Latin ustulare (“scorch, singe”).


jacaranda

jacaranda (plural)
jacaranda (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
jacarandaul (accusative definite nominative singular)
jacaranda (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
jacarandai (accusative definite nominative plural)
jacaranda (indefinite singular)
jacarandaului (definite singular)
jacaranda (indefinite plural)
jacarandalor (definite plural)
jacarandaule (singular vocative)
jacarandalor (plural vocative)


potârniche

potârnichi (plural)
potârniche (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
potârnichea (accusative definite nominative singular)
potârnichi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
potârnichile (accusative definite nominative plural)
potârnichi (indefinite singular)
potârnichii (definite singular)
potârnichi (indefinite plural)
potârnichilor (definite plural)
potârniche (singular vocative)
potârnicheo (singular vocative)
potârnichilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *peturnīcula. Compare Aromanian pitruniclji.
The oldest attested form may be пътꙋᵖɴике (/pəturˈnike/ or in modernised spelling păturniche), found as a surname in a document from Suceava dated to 1597. For the modern standard potârniche, note that /o/ can develop from /ə/ when preceded by a labial, as in porumb, boteza < părumb, băteza < palumbus, baptizāre. /ə/ in turn can develop from an older /e/ when preceded by a labial, as in păcurar, păcat < pecurar, pecat < pecorārius, peccātum. (From păcurar there also arose a variant pocurar.)

inh+

partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)

păturnea

potrânică, potrănică, potirnică, potrinică, poturnică, potrunică, potărnică, pătârnică, pătrunică, păturnică, peternică, pitolnică, pitornică, piturnică — ending remodelled to diminutive -ică


arbuz

arbuji (plural)
arbuz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
arbuzul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arbuji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
arbujii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arbuz (indefinite singular)
arbuzului (definite singular)
arbuji (indefinite plural)
arbujilor (definite plural)
arbuzule (singular vocative)
arbujilor (plural vocative)


floarea soarelui

ro-noun

floarea soarelui f (plural florile soarelui)


bondar

bondari (plural)
bondar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bondarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bondari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bondarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bondar (indefinite singular)
bondarului (definite singular)
bondari (indefinite plural)
bondarilor (definite plural)
bondarule (singular vocative)
bondarilor (plural vocative)


vânătă

vinete (plural)
vânătă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vânăta (accusative definite nominative singular)
vinete (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vinetele (accusative definite nominative plural)
vinete (indefinite singular)
vinetei (definite singular)
vinete (indefinite plural)
vinetelor (definite plural)
vânătă (singular vocative)
vânăto (singular vocative)
vinetelor (plural vocative)


mormoloc

mormoloci (plural)
mormoloc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mormolocul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mormoloci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mormolocii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mormoloc (indefinite singular)
mormolocului (definite singular)
mormoloci (indefinite plural)
mormolocilor (definite plural)
mormolocule (singular vocative)
mormolocilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian mrmoljak, from Ancient Greek μορμολύκειον (mormolúkeion), a cognate of Μορμώ (Mormṓ).

der

μορμολύκειον


gâscă

ro-noun

gâscă f (plural gâște, masculine equivalent gâscan or gânsac)

gâște (plural)
equivalent gâscan (masculine)
gânsac (masculine)
gâscă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gâsca (accusative definite nominative singular)
gâște (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gâștele (accusative definite nominative plural)
gâște (indefinite singular)
gâștei (definite singular)
gâște (indefinite plural)
gâștelor (definite plural)
gâscă (singular vocative)
gâsco (singular vocative)
gâștelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian гъска (gǎska), from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)


viespe

viespi (plural)
viespe (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
viespea (accusative definite nominative singular)
viespi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
viespile (accusative definite nominative plural)
viespi (indefinite singular)
viespii (definite singular)
viespi (indefinite plural)
viespilor (definite plural)
viespe (singular vocative)
viespeo (singular vocative)
viespilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin vespa, either through a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *vespis, or more likely remade from the plural of the original singular Romanian form, viaspă, veaspă, now rare, archaic, or regional, e.g. in Moldavia. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”).


graur

grauri (plural)
graur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
graurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
grauri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
graurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
graur (indefinite singular)
graurului (definite singular)
grauri (indefinite plural)
graurilor (definite plural)
graurule (singular vocative)
graurilor (plural vocative)

From a Vulgar Latin root *graulus or *gravulus, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare French grolle, Italian gravolo.


dromader

dromaderi (plural)
dromader (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dromaderul (accusative definite nominative singular)
dromaderi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dromaderii (accusative definite nominative plural)
dromader (indefinite singular)
dromaderului (definite singular)
dromaderi (indefinite plural)
dromaderilor (definite plural)
dromaderule (singular vocative)
dromaderilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French dromadaire, from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius (“kind of camel”), from Latin dromas, dromadis, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος

Camelus dromedarius
Camelus dromedarius#Translingual


privighetoare

privighetori (plural)
privighetoare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
privighetoarea (accusative definite nominative singular)
privighetori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
privighetorile (accusative definite nominative plural)
privighetori (indefinite singular)
privighetorii (definite singular)
privighetori (indefinite plural)
privighetorilor (definite plural)
privighetoare (singular vocative)
privighetoareo (singular vocative)
privighetorilor (plural vocative)


omidă

omizi (plural)
omidă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
omida (accusative definite nominative singular)
omizi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
omizile (accusative definite nominative plural)
omizi (indefinite singular)
omizii (definite singular)
omizi (indefinite plural)
omizilor (definite plural)
omidă (singular vocative)
omido (singular vocative)
omizilor (plural vocative)


focă

foci (plural)
focă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
foca (accusative definite nominative singular)
foci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
focile (accusative definite nominative plural)
foci (indefinite singular)
focii (definite singular)
foci (indefinite plural)
focilor (definite plural)
focă (singular vocative)
foco (singular vocative)
focilor (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor.?
Latin phōcabor.
Middle French phoque
French phoquebor.
Latin phōcabor.
Romanian focă
Borrowed from French phoque m and Latin phōca f, ultimately from Ancient Greek φώκη f (phṓkē).


ciupercă

ciuperci (plural)
ciupercă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ciuperca (accusative definite nominative singular)
ciuperci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ciupercile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ciuperci (indefinite singular)
ciupercii (definite singular)
ciuperci (indefinite plural)
ciupercilor (definite plural)
ciupercă (singular vocative)
ciuperco (singular vocative)
ciupercilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed, through metathesis, from Serbo-Croatian печурка (pečurka, “mushroom”) or Bulgarian печурка (pečurka), from Proto-Slavic *pečura.


tomată

tlb

(formal in Romania, usual in Moldova (country))

tomate (plural)
tomată (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tomata (accusative definite nominative singular)
tomate (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tomatele (accusative definite nominative plural)
tomate (indefinite singular)
tomatei (definite singular)
tomate (indefinite plural)
tomatelor (definite plural)
tomată (singular vocative)
tomato (singular vocative)
tomatelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.


zebră

zebre (plural)
zebră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zebra (accusative definite nominative singular)
zebre (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zebrele (accusative definite nominative plural)
zebre (indefinite singular)
zebrei (definite singular)
zebre (indefinite plural)
zebrelor (definite plural)
zebră (singular vocative)
zebro (singular vocative)
zebrelor (plural vocative)


libelulă

libelule (plural)
libelulă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
libelula (accusative definite nominative singular)
libelule (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
libelulele (accusative definite nominative plural)
libelule (indefinite singular)
libelulei (definite singular)
libelule (indefinite plural)
libelulelor (definite plural)
libelulă (singular vocative)
libelulo (singular vocative)
libelulelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French libellule, from New Latin libellula, from Latin libella.


arici

arici (plural)
arici (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ariciul (accusative definite nominative singular)
arici (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
aricii (accusative definite nominative plural)
arici (indefinite singular)
ariciului (definite singular)
arici (indefinite plural)
aricilor (definite plural)
ariciule (singular vocative)
aricilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). The expected normal result would have been *ariț, and explanations for the current form include an intermediate Vulgar Latin *ērix, ēricis or alternatively *ēriciō, ēriciōnem, in which case it would be regressively derived from a hypothetical Romanian *ariciune (compare French hérisson, Catalan eriçó, Romansch erizun). It may also have simply been a change in the suffix. The change also seems to have affected a form of the Aromanian equivalent. Compare Italian riccio, Sardinian rizzu.


ceapă

cepe (plural)
ceapă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ceapa (accusative definite nominative singular)
cepe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cepele (accusative definite nominative plural)
cepe (indefinite singular)
cepei (definite singular)
cepe (indefinite plural)
cepelor (definite plural)
ceapă (singular vocative)
ceapo (singular vocative)
cepelor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin cēpa. Compare Aromanian tseapã.

Am luat niște ceapă.

(uncountable) onions (any quantity of bulbs)


hipopotam

hipopotami (plural)
hipopotam (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hipopotamul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hipopotami (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hipopotamii (accusative definite nominative plural)
hipopotam (indefinite singular)
hipopotamului (definite singular)
hipopotami (indefinite plural)
hipopotamilor (definite plural)
hipopotamule (singular vocative)
hipopotamilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French hippopotame, from Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos).


pătrunjel

pătrunjei (plural)
pătrunjel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pătrunjelul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pătrunjei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pătrunjeii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pătrunjel (indefinite singular)
pătrunjelului (definite singular)
pătrunjei (indefinite plural)
pătrunjeilor (definite plural)
pătrunjelule (singular vocative)
pătrunjeilor (plural vocative)

Ultimately from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

πετροσέλῑνον


tigru

ro-noun

tigru m (plural tigri, feminine equivalent tigroaică)

tigri (plural)
equivalent tigroaică (feminine)
tigru (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
tigrul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tigri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
tigrii (accusative definite nominative plural)
tigru (indefinite singular)
tigrului (definite singular)
tigri (indefinite plural)
tigrilor (definite plural)
tigrule (singular vocative)
tigrilor (plural vocative)


albinar

albinari (plural)
albinar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
albinarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
albinari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
albinarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
albinar (indefinite singular)
albinarului (definite singular)
albinari (indefinite plural)
albinarilor (definite plural)
albinarule (singular vocative)
albinarilor (plural vocative)

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual


cămilă

cămile (plural)
cămilă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cămila (accusative definite nominative singular)
cămile (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cămilele (accusative definite nominative plural)
cămile (indefinite singular)
cămilei (definite singular)
cămile (indefinite plural)
cămilelor (definite plural)
cămilă (singular vocative)
cămilo (singular vocative)
cămilelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic камилъ (kamilŭ), from Greek καμήλα (kamíla).


lutră

lutre (plural)
lutră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lutra (accusative definite nominative singular)
lutre (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lutrele (accusative definite nominative plural)
lutre (indefinite singular)
lutrei (definite singular)
lutre (indefinite plural)
lutrelor (definite plural)
lutră (singular vocative)
lutro (singular vocative)
lutrelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French loutre, Latin lŭtra, from Proto-Indo-European *údreh₂. Doublet of vidră.


frasin

frasini (plural)
frasin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
frasinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
frasini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
frasinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
frasin (indefinite singular)
frasinului (definite singular)
frasini (indefinite plural)
frasinilor (definite plural)
frasinule (singular vocative)
frasinilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).
Compare Aromanian frapsin.


pinguin

pinguini (plural)
pinguin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pinguinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pinguini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pinguinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pinguin (indefinite singular)
pinguinului (definite singular)
pinguini (indefinite plural)
pinguinilor (definite plural)
pinguinule (singular vocative)
pinguinilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn, from English penguin.


trântor

trântori (plural)
trântor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trântorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
trântori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
trântorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
trântor (indefinite singular)
trântorului (definite singular)
trântori (indefinite plural)
trântorilor (definite plural)
trântorule (singular vocative)
trântorilor (plural vocative)

Probably from a Common Slavic *trǫtъ (“drone”).


homar

homari (plural)
homar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
homarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
homari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
homarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
homar (indefinite singular)
homarului (definite singular)
homari (indefinite plural)
homarilor (definite plural)
homarule (singular vocative)
homarilor (plural vocative)


girafă

girafe (plural)
girafă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
girafa (accusative definite nominative singular)
girafe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
girafele (accusative definite nominative plural)
girafe (indefinite singular)
girafei (definite singular)
girafe (indefinite plural)
girafelor (definite plural)
girafă (singular vocative)
girafo (singular vocative)
girafelor (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Middle French giraffe
French girafebor.
Romanian girafă
Borrowed from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe, borrowed from Italian giraffa, borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ, borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from سرنا + پَا (pā).


găină

găini (plural)
găină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
găina (accusative definite nominative singular)
găini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
găinile (accusative definite nominative plural)
găini (indefinite singular)
găinii (definite singular)
găini (indefinite plural)
găinilor (definite plural)
găină (singular vocative)
găino (singular vocative)
găinilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin gallīna. Compare Aromanian gãljinã.


caracara

caracara (accusative indefinite nominative)
caracaraul (accusative definite nominative)
caracara (indefinite)
caracaraului (definite)
caracaraule (vocative)

Borrowed from Spanish caracara, from Tupian.


batog

batoguri (plural)
batog (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
batogul (accusative definite nominative singular)
batoguri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
batogurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
batog (indefinite singular)
batogului (definite singular)
batoguri (indefinite plural)
batogurilor (definite plural)
batogule (singular vocative)
batogurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian бато́г (batóg, “stick”).


mamifer

mamifere (plural)
mamifer (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mamiferul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mamifere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mamiferele (accusative definite nominative plural)
mamifer (indefinite singular)
mamiferului (definite singular)
mamifere (indefinite plural)
mamiferelor (definite plural)
mamiferule (singular vocative)
mamiferelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French mammifère, from Latin mamma (“breast, udder, pap, teat, dug”) + -fère.


struț

struți (plural)
struț (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
struțul (accusative definite nominative singular)
struți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
struții (accusative definite nominative plural)
struț (indefinite singular)
struțului (definite singular)
struți (indefinite plural)
struților (definite plural)
struțule (singular vocative)
struților (plural vocative)

From Latin struthio, probably through the Italian intermediate struzzo. The Megleno-Romanian equivalent, ştruş, may be inherited directly.


olivă

olive (plural)
olivă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
oliva (accusative definite nominative singular)
olive (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
olivele (accusative definite nominative plural)
olive (indefinite singular)
olivei (definite singular)
olive (indefinite plural)
olivelor (definite plural)
olivă (singular vocative)
olivo (singular vocative)
olivelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French olive or German Olive, from Latin oliva.


țânțar

țânțari (plural)
țânțar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
țânțarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
țânțari (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
țânțarii (accusative definite nominative plural)
țânțar (indefinite singular)
țânțarului (definite singular)
țânțari (indefinite plural)
țânțarilor (definite plural)
țânțarule (singular vocative)
țânțarilor (plural vocative)

From a Vulgar Latin root *zinzalus, from Late Latin zinzala or tentiala, of imitative origin. Compare Italian zanzara.


măslină

măsline (plural)
măslină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
măslina (accusative definite nominative singular)
măsline (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
măslinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
măsline (indefinite singular)
măslinei (definite singular)
măsline (indefinite plural)
măslinelor (definite plural)
măslină (singular vocative)
măslino (singular vocative)
măslinelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic маслина (maslina), from масло (maslo, “oil, butter”) + -ина (-ina), from Proto-Slavic *maslo. Compare Aromanian mas(i)nã, Serbo-Croatian maslina.

affix

ulei de măsline


dinozaur

dinozauri (plural)
dinozaur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dinozaurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
dinozauri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dinozaurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
dinozaur (indefinite singular)
dinozaurului (definite singular)
dinozauri (indefinite plural)
dinozaurilor (definite plural)
dinozaurule (singular vocative)
dinozaurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French dinosaure or Italian dinosauro, from English dinosaur, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”).


urs polar

Ursus maritimus
Ursus maritimus#Translingual


mesteacăn

mesteceni (plural)
mesteacăn (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mesteacănul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mesteceni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mestecenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mesteacăn (indefinite singular)
mesteacănului (definite singular)
mesteceni (indefinite plural)
mestecenilor (definite plural)
mesteacănule (singular vocative)
mestecenilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Late Latin mastichinus, from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos). It may have been analogically re-formed as a singular from the plural (mesteceni), originally of an older form *mestecen, or alternatively influenced analogically by words like cearcăn, leagăn, etc.


garoafă

garoafe (plural)
garoafă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
garoafa (accusative definite nominative singular)
garoafe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
garoafele (accusative definite nominative plural)
garoafe (indefinite singular)
garoafei (definite singular)
garoafe (indefinite plural)
garoafelor (definite plural)
garoafă (singular vocative)
garoafo (singular vocative)
garoafelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek γαρύφαλλο (garýfallo).

bor+

Dianthus caryophyllus
Dianthus caryophyllus#Translingual


orez

orez (accusative indefinite nominative)
orezul (accusative definite nominative)
orez (indefinite)
orezului (definite)
orezule (vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian ориз (oriz), from Greek όρυζα (óryza), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).


migdală

migdale (plural)
migdală (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
migdala (accusative definite nominative singular)
migdale (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
migdalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
migdale (indefinite singular)
migdalei (definite singular)
migdale (indefinite plural)
migdalelor (definite plural)
migdală (singular vocative)
migdalo (singular vocative)
migdalelor (plural vocative)


migdal

migdali (plural)
migdal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
migdalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
migdali (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
migdalii (accusative definite nominative plural)
migdal (indefinite singular)
migdalului (definite singular)
migdali (indefinite plural)
migdalilor (definite plural)
migdalule (singular vocative)
migdalilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мигдалъ (migdalŭ), from Greek αμύγδαλο (amýgdalo).


trifoi

trifoiuri (plural)
trifoi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trifoiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
trifoiuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
trifoiurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
trifoi (indefinite singular)
trifoiului (definite singular)
trifoiuri (indefinite plural)
trifoiurilor (definite plural)
trifoiule (singular vocative)
trifoiurilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin trifolium. Compare Aromanian trifolj, trifoljiu.


praz

praji (plural)
praz (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
prazul (accusative definite nominative singular)
praji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
prajii (accusative definite nominative plural)
praz (indefinite singular)
prazului (definite singular)
praji (indefinite plural)
prajilor (definite plural)
prazule (singular vocative)
prajilor (plural vocative)

Either from Old Church Slavonic празъ (prazŭ) or Bulgarian праз (praz) (from Proto-Slavic *prazъ), itself from Greek, or possibly directly from late Byzantine Greek πράσον (práson) (compare Bulgarian праз (praz), also Aromanian prash); compare also phonetic development of s > z in ovăz). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin root *prasum, from ultimately the same Ancient Greek root.


calcan

calcani (plural)
calcan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
calcanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
calcani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
calcanii (accusative definite nominative plural)
calcan (indefinite singular)
calcanului (definite singular)
calcani (indefinite plural)
calcanilor (definite plural)
calcanule (singular vocative)
calcanilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلقان بالغی (kalkan balığı, “turbot”, literally “shield fish”).


calcan

calcane (plural)
calcan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
calcanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
calcane (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
calcanele (accusative definite nominative plural)
calcan (indefinite singular)
calcanului (definite singular)
calcane (indefinite plural)
calcanelor (definite plural)
calcanule (singular vocative)
calcanelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلقان (kalkan).


fasole

fasole (plural rare)
fasole (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fasolea (accusative definite nominative singular)
fasole (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
fasolele (accusative definite nominative plural)
fasole (indefinite singular)
fasolei (definite singular)
fasole (indefinite plural)
fasolelor (definite plural)
fasole (singular vocative)
fasoleo (singular vocative)
fasolelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek φασόλι (fasóli). Compare Italian fagiolo.


hrib

hribi (plural)
hrib (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hribul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hribi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hribii (accusative definite nominative plural)
hrib (indefinite singular)
hribului (definite singular)
hribi (indefinite plural)
hribilor (definite plural)
hribule (singular vocative)
hribilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ukrainian гриб (hryb), from Proto-Slavic *gribъ (“mushroom”).

Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis#Translingual


scaiete

scaieți (plural)
scaiete (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
scaietele (accusative definite nominative singular)
scaieți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
scaieții (accusative definite nominative plural)
scaiete (indefinite singular)
scaietelui (definite singular)
scaieți (indefinite plural)
scaieților (definite plural)
scaiete (singular vocative)
scaieților (plural vocative)


hering

heringi (plural)
hering (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
heringul (accusative definite nominative singular)
heringi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
heringii (accusative definite nominative plural)
hering (indefinite singular)
heringului (definite singular)
heringi (indefinite plural)
heringilor (definite plural)
heringule (singular vocative)
heringilor (plural vocative)

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual


leoaică

leoaice (plural)
leoaică (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
leoaica (accusative definite nominative singular)
leoaice (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
leoaicele (accusative definite nominative plural)
leoaice (indefinite singular)
leoaicei (definite singular)
leoaice (indefinite plural)
leoaicelor (definite plural)
leoaică (singular vocative)
leoaico (singular vocative)
leoaicelor (plural vocative)


arete

areți (plural)
arete (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
aretele (accusative definite nominative singular)
areți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
areții (accusative definite nominative plural)
arete (indefinite singular)
aretelui (definite singular)
areți (indefinite plural)
areților (definite plural)
arete (singular vocative)
areților (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).


rodiu

rodii (plural)
rodiu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
rodiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
rodii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
rodiii (accusative definite nominative plural)
rodiu (indefinite singular)
rodiului (definite singular)
rodii (indefinite plural)
rodiilor (definite plural)
rodiule (singular vocative)
rodiilor (plural vocative)


câine de apă

câini de apă (plural)
câine de apă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
câinele de apă (accusative definite nominative singular)
câini de apă (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
câinii de apă (accusative definite nominative plural)
câine de apă (indefinite singular)
câinelui de apă (definite singular)
câini de apă (indefinite plural)
câinilor de apă (definite plural)
câine de apă (singular vocative)
câinilor de apă (plural vocative)


taur

tauri (plural)
taur (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
taurul (accusative definite nominative singular)
tauri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
taurii (accusative definite nominative plural)
taur (indefinite singular)
taurului (definite singular)
tauri (indefinite plural)
taurilor (definite plural)
taurule (singular vocative)
taurilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.


pescăruș

pescăruși (plural)
pescăruș (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pescărușul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pescăruși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pescărușii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pescăruș (indefinite singular)
pescărușului (definite singular)
pescăruși (indefinite plural)
pescărușilor (definite plural)
pescărușule (singular vocative)
pescărușilor (plural vocative)


linx

lincși (plural)
linx (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
linxul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lincși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lincșii (accusative definite nominative plural)
linx (indefinite singular)
linxului (definite singular)
lincși (indefinite plural)
lincșilor (definite plural)
linxule (singular vocative)
lincșilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).


buburuză

buburuze (plural)
buburuză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
buburuza (accusative definite nominative singular)
buburuze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
buburuzele (accusative definite nominative plural)
buburuze (indefinite singular)
buburuzei (definite singular)
buburuze (indefinite plural)
buburuzelor (definite plural)
buburuză (singular vocative)
buburuzo (singular vocative)
buburuzelor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Either a substratum word or derived expressively from bob.


hrean

hrean (accusative indefinite nominative)
hreanul (accusative definite nominative)
hrean (indefinite)
hreanului (definite)
hreanule (vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic хрѣнъ (xrěnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ. Compare Bulgarian хрян (hrjan).


afină

afine (plural)
afină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
afina (accusative definite nominative singular)
afine (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
afinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
afine (indefinite singular)
afinei (definite singular)
afine (indefinite plural)
afinelor (definite plural)
afină (singular vocative)
afino (singular vocative)
afinelor (plural vocative)

→ Hungarian: áfonya

→ Ukrainian: а́фина (áfyna)

→ Yiddish: אַפֿענע (afene)


crizantemă

crizanteme (plural)
crizantemă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
crizantema (accusative definite nominative singular)
crizanteme (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
crizantemele (accusative definite nominative plural)
crizanteme (indefinite singular)
crizantemei (definite singular)
crizanteme (indefinite plural)
crizantemelor (definite plural)
crizantemă (singular vocative)
crizantemo (singular vocative)
crizantemelor (plural vocative)


meduză

meduze (plural)
meduză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
meduza (accusative definite nominative singular)
meduze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
meduzele (accusative definite nominative plural)
meduze (indefinite singular)
meduzei (definite singular)
meduze (indefinite plural)
meduzelor (definite plural)
meduză (singular vocative)
meduzo (singular vocative)
meduzelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French méduse, from the proper noun Méduse, from Latin Medusa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa).


cormoran

cormorani (plural)
cormoran (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cormoranul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cormorani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cormoranii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cormoran (indefinite singular)
cormoranului (definite singular)
cormorani (indefinite plural)
cormoranilor (definite plural)
cormoranule (singular vocative)
cormoranilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French cormoran, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”).


brândușă

brândușe (plural)
brândușă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brândușa (accusative definite nominative singular)
brândușe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
brândușele (accusative definite nominative plural)
brândușe (indefinite singular)
brândușei (definite singular)
brândușe (indefinite plural)
brândușelor (definite plural)
brândușă (singular vocative)
brândușo (singular vocative)
brândușelor (plural vocative)

Unknown. Cognate to Serbo-Croatian brnduša, Bulgarian Брендушка (Brenduška), Ukrainian Брендушка (Brenduška), Ukrainian бриндуша (brynduša), which may be borrowings from Romanian. The form may indicate an ancient origin rather than a recent loan.


săgeată

săgeți (plural)
săgeată (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
săgeata (accusative definite nominative singular)
săgeți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
săgețile (accusative definite nominative plural)
săgeți (indefinite singular)
săgeții (definite singular)
săgeți (indefinite plural)
săgeților (definite plural)
săgeată (singular vocative)
săgeato (singular vocative)
săgeților (plural vocative)

Sagittaria sagittifolia
Sagittaria sagittifolia#Translingual

arrowhead (plant, Sagittaria sagittifolia)


pteranodon

pteranodoni (plural)
pteranodon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pteranodonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pteranodoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pteranodonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pteranodon (indefinite singular)
pteranodonului (definite singular)
pteranodoni (indefinite plural)
pteranodonilor (definite plural)
pteranodonule (singular vocative)
pteranodonilor (plural vocative)


caracatiță

caracatițe (plural)
caracatiță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
caracatița (accusative definite nominative singular)
caracatițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
caracatițele (accusative definite nominative plural)
caracatițe (indefinite singular)
caracatiței (definite singular)
caracatițe (indefinite plural)
caracatițelor (definite plural)
caracatiță (singular vocative)
caracatițo (singular vocative)
caracatițelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian карака́тица (karakática). Compare Serbo-Croatian krakatnica.


bursuc

bursuci (plural)
bursuc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bursucul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bursuci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bursucii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bursuc (indefinite singular)
bursucului (definite singular)
bursuci (indefinite plural)
bursucilor (definite plural)
bursucule (singular vocative)
bursucilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورصوق (borsuk), from Proto-Turkic *borsuk.


ghepard

gheparzi (plural)
ghepard (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ghepardul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gheparzi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gheparzii (accusative definite nominative plural)
ghepard (indefinite singular)
ghepardului (definite singular)
gheparzi (indefinite plural)
gheparzilor (definite plural)
ghepardule (singular vocative)
gheparzilor (plural vocative)


antilopă

antilope (plural)
antilopă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
antilopa (accusative definite nominative singular)
antilope (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
antilopele (accusative definite nominative plural)
antilope (indefinite singular)
antilopei (definite singular)
antilope (indefinite plural)
antilopelor (definite plural)
antilopă (singular vocative)
antilopo (singular vocative)
antilopelor (plural vocative)

antelope (any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae)


gazelă

gazele (plural)
gazelă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gazela (accusative definite nominative singular)
gazele (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
gazelele (accusative definite nominative plural)
gazele (indefinite singular)
gazelei (definite singular)
gazele (indefinite plural)
gazelelor (definite plural)
gazelă (singular vocative)
gazelo (singular vocative)
gazelelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).


coiot

coioți (plural)
coiot (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
coiotul (accusative definite nominative singular)
coioți (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
coioții (accusative definite nominative plural)
coiot (indefinite singular)
coiotului (definite singular)
coioți (indefinite plural)
coioților (definite plural)
coiotule (singular vocative)
coioților (plural vocative)


bour

bouri (plural)
bour (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bourul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bouri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bourii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bour (indefinite singular)
bourului (definite singular)
bouri (indefinite plural)
bourilor (definite plural)
bourule (singular vocative)
bourilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). It may have passed through a Vulgar Latin intermediate form or was influenced by bubulus; cf. the form bobulum. Compare also Albanian buall. Doublet of bivol, which came through a Slavic source.

der

Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius#Translingual

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual


achenă

achene (plural)
achenă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
achena (accusative definite nominative singular)
achene (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
achenele (accusative definite nominative plural)
achene (indefinite singular)
achenei (definite singular)
achene (indefinite plural)
achenelor (definite plural)
achenă (singular vocative)
acheno (singular vocative)
achenelor (plural vocative)


iac

iaci (plural)
iac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
iacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
iaci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
iacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
iac (indefinite singular)
iacului (definite singular)
iaci (indefinite plural)
iacilor (definite plural)
iacule (singular vocative)
iacilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French yack, from English yak, from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.


prun

pruni (plural)
prun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
prunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pruni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
prunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
prun (indefinite singular)
prunului (definite singular)
pruni (indefinite plural)
prunilor (definite plural)
prunule (singular vocative)
prunilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin prūnus, from Ancient Greek προύνη (proúnē).


pom de Crăciun

ro-noun

pom de Crăciun m (plural pomi de Crăciun)

Christmas tree (a tree used during the Christmas holiday season)


peruș

peruși (plural)
peruș (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
perușul (accusative definite nominative singular)
peruși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
perușii (accusative definite nominative plural)
peruș (indefinite singular)
perușului (definite singular)
peruși (indefinite plural)
perușilor (definite plural)
perușule (singular vocative)
perușilor (plural vocative)

parakeet (various species of small parrots)


râmă

râme (plural)
râmă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
râma (accusative definite nominative singular)
râme (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
râmele (accusative definite nominative plural)
râme (indefinite singular)
râmei (definite singular)
râme (indefinite plural)
râmelor (definite plural)
râmă (singular vocative)
râmo (singular vocative)
râmelor (plural vocative)

→ Romani: rrïma

Back-formation from râma (“to rout, root”). Another theory suggests that it might be inherited from Dacian and thus related to Albanian rrime.


babuin

babuini (plural)
babuin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
babuinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
babuini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
babuinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
babuin (indefinite singular)
babuinului (definite singular)
babuini (indefinite plural)
babuinilor (definite plural)
babuinule (singular vocative)
babuinilor (plural vocative)


balenă

balene (plural)
balenă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
balena (accusative definite nominative singular)
balene (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
balenele (accusative definite nominative plural)
balene (indefinite singular)
balenei (definite singular)
balene (indefinite plural)
balenelor (definite plural)
balenă (singular vocative)
baleno (singular vocative)
balenelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French baleine, Latin balaena, from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). Doublet of afalin.


anatide

ro-noun

anatide f pl (normally plural, singular anatidă)

anatidă (singular)
anatide (accusative indefinite nominative)
anatidele (accusative definite nominative)
anatide (indefinite)
anatidelor (definite)
anatidelor (vocative)


cimpanzeu

cimpanzei (plural)
cimpanzeu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cimpanzeul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cimpanzei (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cimpanzeii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cimpanzeu (indefinite singular)
cimpanzeului (definite singular)
cimpanzei (indefinite plural)
cimpanzeilor (definite plural)
cimpanzeule (singular vocative)
cimpanzeilor (plural vocative)


smochină

smochine (plural)
smochină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
smochina (accusative definite nominative singular)
smochine (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
smochinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
smochine (indefinite singular)
smochinei (definite singular)
smochine (indefinite plural)
smochinelor (definite plural)
smochină (singular vocative)
smochino (singular vocative)
smochinelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic смокъвинъ (smokŭvinŭ), from смокꙑ (smoky), from Proto-Slavic *smoky, perhaps from Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (smakka). Compare Bulgarian смокиня (smokinja), Serbo-Croatian smokva.


felină

feline (plural)
felină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
felina (accusative definite nominative singular)
feline (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
felinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
feline (indefinite singular)
felinei (definite singular)
feline (indefinite plural)
felinelor (definite plural)
felină (singular vocative)
felino (singular vocative)
felinelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French félin, from Latin felinus.


bujor

bujori (plural)
bujor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bujorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bujori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bujorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bujor (indefinite singular)
bujorului (definite singular)
bujori (indefinite plural)
bujorilor (definite plural)
bujorule (singular vocative)
bujorilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic божоуръ (božurŭ), from Proto-Slavic *božurъ (“peony”). Compare Macedonian божур (božur), Old Hungarian bazsár.


leneș

ro-noun

leneș m (plural leneși, feminine equivalent leneșă)

leneși (plural)
equivalent leneșă (feminine)
leneș (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
leneșul (accusative definite nominative singular)
leneși (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
leneșii (accusative definite nominative plural)
leneș (indefinite singular)
leneșului (definite singular)
leneși (indefinite plural)
leneșilor (definite plural)
leneșule (singular vocative)
leneșilor (plural vocative)


echidnă

echidne (plural)
echidnă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
echidna (accusative definite nominative singular)
echidne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
echidnele (accusative definite nominative plural)
echidne (indefinite singular)
echidnei (definite singular)
echidne (indefinite plural)
echidnelor (definite plural)
echidnă (singular vocative)
echidno (singular vocative)
echidnelor (plural vocative)

echidna (any of the four species of small spined monotremes)


cameleon

cameleoni (plural)
cameleon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cameleonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cameleoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cameleonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cameleon (indefinite singular)
cameleonului (definite singular)
cameleoni (indefinite plural)
cameleonilor (definite plural)
cameleonule (singular vocative)
cameleonilor (plural vocative)


oposum

oposumi (plural)
oposum (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
oposumul (accusative definite nominative singular)
oposumi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
oposumii (accusative definite nominative plural)
oposum (indefinite singular)
oposumului (definite singular)
oposumi (indefinite plural)
oposumilor (definite plural)
oposumule (singular vocative)
oposumilor (plural vocative)

opossum (marsupial of the family Didelphidae)


mreană

mrene (plural)
mreană (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mreana (accusative definite nominative singular)
mrene (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mrenele (accusative definite nominative plural)
mrene (indefinite singular)
mrenei (definite singular)
mrene (indefinite plural)
mrenelor (definite plural)
mreană (singular vocative)
mreano (singular vocative)
mrenelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian мряна (mrjana), from Proto-Slavic *merna.


hasmațuchi

hasmațuchi (accusative indefinite nominative)
hasmațuchiul (accusative definite nominative)
hasmațuchi (indefinite)
hasmațuchiului (definite)
hasmațuchiule (vocative)


cantalup

cantalupi (plural)
cantalup (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cantalupul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cantalupi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cantalupii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cantalup (indefinite singular)
cantalupului (definite singular)
cantalupi (indefinite plural)
cantalupilor (definite plural)
cantalupule (singular vocative)
cantalupilor (plural vocative)


nectarină

nectarine (plural)
nectarină (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
nectarina (accusative definite nominative singular)
nectarine (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
nectarinele (accusative definite nominative plural)
nectarine (indefinite singular)
nectarinei (definite singular)
nectarine (indefinite plural)
nectarinelor (definite plural)
nectarină (singular vocative)
nectarino (singular vocative)
nectarinelor (plural vocative)


curmală

curmale (plural)
curmală (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
curmala (accusative definite nominative singular)
curmale (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
curmalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
curmale (indefinite singular)
curmalei (definite singular)
curmale (indefinite plural)
curmalelor (definite plural)
curmală (singular vocative)
curmalo (singular vocative)
curmalelor (plural vocative)

Back-formation from curmale, plural of an earlier form *curma, from Greek χουρμάς (chourmás), from Ottoman Turkish خرما (hurma), from Persian خرما (xormâ).


cobai

cobai (plural)
cobai (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cobaiul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cobai (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cobaii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cobai (indefinite singular)
cobaiului (definite singular)
cobai (indefinite plural)
cobailor (definite plural)
cobaiule (singular vocative)
cobailor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French cobaye, from Portuguese cobaia.

guinea pig (living experimental subject)


lămâie

lămâi (plural)
lămâie (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
lămâia (accusative definite nominative singular)
lămâi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lămâile (accusative definite nominative plural)
lămâi (indefinite singular)
lămâii (definite singular)
lămâi (indefinite plural)
lămâilor (definite plural)
lămâie (singular vocative)
lămâio (singular vocative)
lămâilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek λεμόνι (lemóni), ultimately from Persian لیمو.


pisică sălbatică

pisică sălbatică f (plural pisici sălbatice)

Felis silvestris
Felis silvestris#Translingual

wildcat (Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat)