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domnisoară

miss (young lady) /domniˈʃo̯arə/

noun#2314 most common

Also: young lady, unmarried woman

Example sentences

Domnișoara este drăguță.
The young lady is nice.
Domnișoară, cum vă numiți?
Miss, what is your name?
O domnișoară ne-a arătat drumul spre gară.
A young lady showed us the way to the station.
Am întâlnit o domnișoară necunoscută la petrecere.
I met an unknown young lady at the party.
Domnișoara de la recepție a uitat să ne noteze rezervarea.
The young lady at reception forgot to note down our reservation.
Deși nu o cunoșteam, domnișoara care stătea lângă mine mi-a povestit pe îndelete despre călătoriile ei prin Europa.
Although I didn't know her, the young lady sitting next to me told me at length about her travels through Europe.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedomnișoarădomnișoare
Genitivedomnișoareidomnișoarelor
Accusativedomnișoarădomnișoare
Vocativedomnișoarădomnișoarelor

Word family

domnlord, Mr., gentlemandoamnălady, Mrs.
domnișoryoung gentleman, master
domnesclordly, princely
domniereign, lordship

Etymology

Domnișoară is the feminine diminutive of domn, "lord" or "master," which comes from Latin dominus. The suffix -ișoară marks a small or young female version of the root, mirroring the masculine domnișor, "young gentleman." Over centuries the word narrowed from a term for a noblewoman's unmarried daughter to the everyday polite address for any young or unmarried woman.

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