vreme

See also: vřeme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣмѧ (vrěmę), from Proto-Slavic *vermę. Compare Megleno-Romanian vreami, Bulgarian време (vreme), Serbo-Croatian vreme, Russian время (vremja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

vreme f (plural vremuri or vremi)

1. weather

   Synonym: (uncommon) timp

2. time

   Synonym: timp

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vreme	vremea		vremuri	vremurile
genitive-dative	vremi	vremii		vremuri	vremurilor
vocative	vreme, vremeo			vremurilor

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vreme	vremea		vremi	vremile
genitive-dative	vremi	vremii		vremi	vremilor
vocative	vreme, vremeo			vremilor

Derived terms

• de vreme ce
• devreme

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vrijéme (Ijekavian)
• vrime (Ikavian)

Etymology

From earlier *vrěmę, from Proto-Slavic *vermę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrěːme/
• Hyphenation: vre‧me

Noun

vréme n (Cyrillic spelling вре́ме) (Ekavian)

1. time

   Njena braća su došla na vreme. ― Her brothers arrived on time.

   Nije vreme da se mre ― No Time to Die

2. weather

   izvješće o vremenu ― weather forecast

3. epoch
   • 1847, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, “Luke 1: 5-12”, in Serbian Translation of the Bible:

     U vrijeme Iroda cara Judejskoga bijaše neki sveštenik od reda Avijna, po imenu Zarija, i žena njegova od plemena Aronova, po imenu Jelisaveta.

     There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Declension

Declension of vreme

	singular	plural
nominative	vréme	vremèna
genitive	vrèmena	vreménā
dative	vrèmenu	vremènima
accusative	vréme	vremèna
vocative	vréme	vremèna
locative	vrèmenu	vremènima
instrumental	vrèmenom	vremènima

Derived terms

• prostorvrememe
• vremènit
• vremenski
• vrȅmeplōv
• vrȅmēšan

References

• “vreme”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vermę. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrɛ̀ːmɛ/

Noun

vréme n

1. weather

Declension

Declension of vreme (neuter, n-stem)
nom. sing.	vreme
gen. sing.	vremena
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vreme	vremeni	vremena
accusative	vreme	vremeni	vremena
genitive	vremena	vremen	vremen
dative	vremenu	vremenoma	vremenom
locative	vremenu	vremenih	vremenih
instrumental	vremenom	vremenoma	vremeni

Further reading

• “vreme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026