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frunză
leaf /ˈfrun.zə/
noun#3420 most common
Also: foliage
Example sentences
Frunza este verde.
The leaf is green.
Toamna, frunzele cad din copaci.
In autumn, the leaves fall from the trees.
Am cules o frunză de pe jos și am pus-o în carte.
I picked up a leaf from the ground and put it in a book.
Vântul purta frunzele uscate de-a lungul străzii.
The wind carried the dry leaves along the street.
Frunza de dafin se folosește în bucătăria românească pentru a aromatiza ciorbele.
Bay leaf is used in Romanian cooking to flavor soups.
Poetul a surprins fragilitatea existenței umane în imaginea frunzei care se desprinde tăcut de creangă, purtată apoi de o adiere nestatornică spre uitare.
The poet captured the fragility of human existence in the image of the leaf silently detaching from the branch, then carried by a fickle breeze toward oblivion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frunză | frunze |
| Genitive | frunzei | frunzelor |
| Accusative | frunză | frunze |
| Vocative | frunzo | frunzelor |
Word family
frunzișfoliage, leafy mass
înfrunzito leaf out, sprout leaves
desfrunzito defoliate, shed leaves
frunzarleafy shelter, bower
frunzulițălittle leaf, small leaf
Etymology
The origin of frunză is disputed among Romanian linguists. Some trace it to Latin frons, frondis, meaning leaf or foliage, reshaped over time by irregular sound changes. Others classify it as a pre-Roman substrate word, inherited from a language spoken in the region before Latin arrived, since its phonetic development does not follow the normal rules for Latin-derived words. Because of this disagreement, dictionaries commonly list its origin as uncertain.
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