mazăre

See also: mazare, mazaré, and Mazăre

Romanian

Mazăre

Alternative forms

• мазэре (mazăre) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Perhaps from Thracian *μαζελα (*mazela), eventually from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵʰ-elo (“small bean”). Due to phonetic difficulties regarding [u], less likely from Proto-Albanian *mādzula, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵʰ-ulo (“small bean”). Compare Aromanian madzãri (“peas”); see also the related Albanian modhull (“vetchling, yellow vetchling, vetch”), as well as Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “Old World bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.zə.re/
• Rhymes: -azəre
• Hyphenation: ma‧ză‧re

Noun

mazăre f (uncountable)

1. (collective) peas (Pisum sativum)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mazăre	mazărea
genitive-dative	mazări	mazării
vocative	mazăre, mazăreo

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mazăre	mazărea
genitive-dative	mazăre	mazărei
vocative	mazăre, mazăreo

Derived terms

• mazăre de câmp
• mazăre sălbatică
• măzărar
• măzărat
• măzărică
• măzăriche
• măzăroi

References

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