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floare
flower /ˈflo.a.re/
noun#903 most common
Also: blossom, bloom
Example sentences
Floarea este roșie.
The flower is red.
Am cumpărat o floare pentru mama.
I bought a flower for my mom.
În grădină cresc multe flori frumoase.
Many beautiful flowers grow in the garden.
I-a dăruit un buchet de flori de ziua ei.
He gave her a bouquet of flowers for her birthday.
Floarea-soarelui se întoarce după soare pe parcursul zilei.
The sunflower turns to follow the sun throughout the day.
Poetul a folosit floarea ca simbol al efemerității vieții.
The poet used the flower as a symbol of life's brevity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | floare | flori |
| Genitive | florii | florilor |
| Accusative | floare | flori |
| Vocative | floare | florilor |
Word family
înflorito bloom, to blossom
floralfloral
florărieflower shop
florarflorist; old Romanian name for the month of May
floricicălittle flower
Etymology
Floare comes from the Latin flōrem, the accusative form of flos, meaning flower. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged as it evolved from spoken Latin in the region. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and even reached English through Old French.
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