furtună
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- фуртунэ (furtună) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin fortūna, or less likely from Greek φουρτούνα (fourtoúna).[1][2] Compare also Albanian furtunë and Aromanian furtunã.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]furtună f (plural furtuni)
- storm, tempest, squall
- (figuratively) revolt
- (archaic) bad luck, mishap, trouble, affliction, predicament
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | furtună | furtuna | furtuni | furtunile | |
| genitive-dative | furtuni | furtunii | furtuni | furtunilor | |
| vocative | furtună, furtuno | furtunilor | |||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
- ^ Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 305, page 225