"vorbă" meaning in Romanian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvor.bə/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-vorbă.wav , LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-vorbă.wav
Rhymes: -orbə Etymology: Maybe from Latin verbum (“word”) through *vărbu, subsequently *vărbă by singularization of the supplanted neuter plural up to vorbă in analogy to the change from [ə] to [o] in the imperative vino from vină. The intermediate form *vărbu is strengthened by related Aromanian vãrghescu (“to quarrel, scold, urge”), having turned [b] into [g] which is a common trait. For instance, in the singular corbu and in the plural corghi. Conversely, it might have come from Old Church Slavonic дворьба (dvorĭba), from *dvorъ (“court”), as sustained by the presupposed variant horbă (“gathering, word”). In the 17th century it still had the meaning of "gathering", attested by Dosoftei, but already by 1744, as attested by Ion Neculce, it seems to have shifted to "word" in case this meaning was not already encompassed previously. Moreover, in old texts, a word dvorbă, presumably of this etymology, meant "service to the court", and was never confused with vorbă. Etymology templates: {{inh|ro|la|verbum||word}} Latin verbum (“word”), {{bor|ro|cu|дворьба}} Old Church Slavonic дворьба (dvorĭba) Head templates: {{ro-noun|f|vorbe}} vorbă f (plural vorbe) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=f|gpd=vorbelor|gpi=vorbe|gsd=vorbei|gsi=vorbe|n=|npd=vorbele|npi=vorbe|nsd=vorba|nsi=vorbă|vp=vorbelor|vs=vorbă|vs2=vorbo}} Forms: vorbe [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], vorbă [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], o vorbă [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], vorba [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], vorbe [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște vorbe [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], vorbele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], vorbe [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unei vorbe [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], vorbei [dative, definite, genitive, singular], vorbe [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor vorbe [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], vorbelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], vorbă [singular, vocative], vorbo [singular, vocative], vorbelor [plural, vocative]
  1. talk, talking, speaking Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vorbă-ro-noun-iNR0YCYm
  2. (mildly archaic, poetic or regional) word Tags: archaic, feminine, mildly, poetic, regional Synonyms (word): cuvânt
    Sense id: en-vorbă-ro-noun-mMHrTuk0 Categories (other): Regional Romanian Disambiguation of 'word': 0 100 0 0
  3. conversation, discussion Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Language
    Sense id: en-vorbă-ro-noun-dWybxnGR Disambiguation of Language: 38 2 52 7 Categories (other): Romanian terms with collocations, Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 44 27
  4. (obsolete) a gathering Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-vorbă-ro-noun-NsHTn630 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 7 21 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 6 20 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: veni vorba, vorbă de clacă, vorbăreț, vorbi, vorbitor

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "veni vorba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vorbă de clacă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vorbăreț"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vorbi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vorbitor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "verbum",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "cu",
        "3": "дворьба"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic дворьба (dvorĭba)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "vorbe",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-f-ă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o vorbă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște vorbe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vorbele",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unei vorbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vorbei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbe",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor vorbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vorbelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f",
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      },
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      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
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  ],
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        "gsd": "vorbei",
        "gsi": "vorbe",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "vorbele",
        "npi": "vorbe",
        "nsd": "vorba",
        "nsi": "vorbă",
        "vp": "vorbelor",
        "vs": "vorbă",
        "vs2": "vorbo"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "talk, talking, speaking"
      ],
      "id": "en-vorbă-ro-noun-iNR0YCYm",
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          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
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          "talking",
          "talking"
        ],
        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
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      ],
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          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
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          "regional",
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        ],
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          "word",
          "word"
        ]
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      ],
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          "sense": "word",
          "word": "cuvânt"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "mildly",
        "poetic",
        "regional"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian terms with collocations",
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        },
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          "_dis": "27 2 44 27",
          "kind": "other",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "ro:Language",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "strike up a conversation with someone",
          "text": "a intra în vorbă cu cineva",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conversation, discussion"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ],
        [
          "discussion",
          "discussion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "_dis": "20 6 20 54",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gathering"
      ],
      "id": "en-vorbă-ro-noun-NsHTn630",
      "links": [
        [
          "gathering",
          "gathering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a gathering"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈvor.bə/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-orbə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vorbă"
}
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    "Romanian feminine nouns",
    "Romanian lemmas",
    "Romanian nouns",
    "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Romanian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic",
    "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
    "Romanian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic",
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    {
      "word": "veni vorba"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbă de clacă"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbăreț"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbi"
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    {
      "word": "vorbitor"
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "o vorbă",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "niște vorbe",
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        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
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        "talk, talking, speaking"
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        {
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          "text": "a intra în vorbă cu cineva",
          "type": "example"
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        "conversation, discussion"
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          "conversation",
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        "a gathering"
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        "(obsolete) a gathering"
      ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-vorb%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-vorb%C4%83.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-orbə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "word",
      "word": "cuvânt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vorbă"
}

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