fată

See also: fáta, făta, fața, față, fata, and FATA

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēta (“woman who has just given birth”), substantivization of the adjective fētus. Compare Aromanian featã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.tə]

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Noun

fată f (plural fete)

1. girl

   Ce face fata asta?

   What is that girl doing?

   Acele fete vorbesc germană.

   Those girls speak German.

2. daughter

   Synonym: fiică

   E fata mea.

   She's my daughter.

   Avem două fete.

   We have two daughters.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fată	fata		fete	fetele
genitive-dative	fete	fetei		fete	fetelor
vocative	fată, fato			fetelor

Derived terms

• fetiță

Related terms

• făt
• făta

Further reading

• “fată”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026