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dimineața
in the morning /di.mi.ˈne̯a.t͡sa/
adverb#3706 most common
Also: mornings (habitually), the morning (as a definite noun)
Example sentences
Dimineața beau cafea.
In the morning, I drink coffee.
Dimineața, copiii merg la școală.
In the morning, the children go to school.
Bună dimineața, ați dormit bine?
Good morning, did you sleep well?
Dimineața devreme, satul era acoperit de ceață deasă.
Early in the morning, the village was covered in thick fog.
Dacă te-ai fi trezit dimineața la timp, ai fi prins trenul.
If you had woken up in the morning on time, you would have caught the train.
Dimineața, ca de obicei, orașul se trezea încet, învăluit într-o lumină cenușie ce prevestea ploaie.
In the morning, as usual, the city woke slowly, wrapped in a gray light that foretold rain.
Word family
dimineațămorning (indefinite form)
diminețimornings (plural)
de dimineațăearly in the morning
bună dimineațagood morning (greeting)
Etymology
Dimineața is the adverbial use of dimineață, the Romanian noun for morning. The noun goes back to Vulgar Latin de mane, meaning in the morning, joined with the abstract-noun suffix -eață found in tinerețe, youth, and bătrânețe, old age. The same Latin phrase de mane also gave rise to the word for tomorrow in other Romance languages, since telling someone something de mane came to mean the next day. Romanian split the two senses: dimineață kept the morning meaning, while a related form gave mâine, tomorrow.
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