funingine

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin fūlīginem, accusative singular of fūlīgo, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-. The expected Romanian result would have been *furigine, but was probably modified through assimilation or a hypercorrection to rhotacism.

Noun

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funingine f (plural funingini)

  1. soot, lampblack, smut
    Synonyms: scrum, negreală

Derived terms

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