flacără

See also: flacăra

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *flacula, from Latin facula (“little torch”), from fax (“torch”), or possibly influenced by Latin flamma. Probably a doublet of fachie. Compare Italian fiaccola. Compare also Albanian flakë, Gallo-Italic of Sicily ciàccara (“torch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflakərə]

Noun

flacără f (plural flăcări)

1. flame

   Synonym: văpaie

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	flacără	flacăra	flăcări	flăcările
genitive-dative	flăcări	flăcării	flăcări	flăcărilor
vocative	flacără, flacăro		flăcărilor

Derived terms

• înflăcăra

Related terms

• fachie