palavră

See also: palavra

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پالاوره (palavra), from Spanish palabra, Latin parabola. Doublet of parabolă, parolă, and palabră.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈla.vrə/
• Rhymes: -avrə
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧vră

Noun

palavră f (plural palavre)

1. (chiefly in the plural, now literary) twaddle, nonsense

Declension

Declension of palavră

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) palavră	palavra	(niște) palavre	palavrele
genitive/dative	(unei) palavre	palavrei	(unor) palavre	palavrelor
vocative	palavră, palavro		palavrelor

Synonyms

• fleac
• prostie
• palabră

Derived terms

• pălăvri

Related terms

• palabră
• pălăvrăgi

Further reading

• palavră in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1972), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 32