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frumoș

beautiful /fruˈmos/

adjective#3774 most common

Also: handsome, nice, lovely

Example sentences

Ea este frumoasă.
She is beautiful.
Astăzi este o zi frumoasă.
Today is a beautiful day.
Am văzut un apus frumos la mare.
I saw a beautiful sunset at the seaside.
Copiii aceia sunt foarte frumoși.
Those children are very handsome.
Grădina avea flori frumoase și un miros plăcut de liliac.
The garden had beautiful flowers and a pleasant scent of lilac.
Deși vremea nu fusese frumoasă toată săptămâna, duminică s-a făcut senin și cald.
Although the weather had not been nice all week, on Sunday it turned clear and warm.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativefrumos / frumoasăfrumoși / frumoase
Genitivefrumosului / frumoaseifrumoșilor / frumoaselor
Accusativefrumos / frumoasăfrumoși / frumoase
Vocativefrumosule / frumoasofrumoșilor / frumoaselor

Word family

frumusețebeauty
înfrumusețato beautify, to make pretty
frumușelsomewhat pretty, cute (diminutive)
frumoasăbeautiful (feminine form)

Etymology

Frumos comes from Latin formosus, meaning shapely or well-formed, built from forma (shape, form) plus the adjectival suffix -osus (full of). The word passed into Romanian through normal sound change, with formosus becoming frumos over centuries of spoken use. The origin of Latin forma itself is disputed among scholars, so no further root is given here.

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