biserică

Romanian

Alternative forms

• băsearecă, băsearică — obsolete
• бисерикэ (biserică) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Doublet of the borrowing bazilică. Compare Aromanian bisericã / bisearicã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈse.ri.kə/

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• Rhymes: -erikə
• Hyphenation: bi‧se‧ri‧că

Noun

biserică f (plural biserici)

1. church

Declension

Declension of biserică

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) biserică	biserica	(niște) biserici	bisericile
genitive/dative	(unei) biserici	bisericii	(unor) biserici	bisericilor
vocative	biserică, biserico		bisericilor

Derived terms

• bisericesc
• bisericos
• bisericuță

See also

• bazilică

References

• biserică in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)