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lady
lady (a stylish, classy woman) /ˈle.di/
noun#2118 most common
Also: classy woman, sophisticated woman, ladylike (predicative, informal)
Example sentences
Ea este o lady.
She is a lady.
Mama ei este o adevărată lady.
Her mother is a real lady.
La bal erau multe lady-uri elegante.
At the ball there were many elegant ladies.
Se poartă mereu ca o lady, chiar și în situații dificile.
She always carries herself like a lady, even in difficult situations.
Deși a crescut într-un sat mic, a devenit o lady respectată în cercurile înalte din București.
Although she grew up in a small village, she became a respected lady in Bucharest's high society.
Presa mondenă o consideră lady a showbizului românesc, o poreclă pe care ea o găsește depășită.
The tabloid press considers her the lady of Romanian showbiz, a label she finds outdated.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lady | lady-uri |
| Genitive | (a) lady | (ale) lady-urilor |
| Accusative | lady | lady-uri |
| Vocative | lady | lady-urilor |
Word family
lady-uriladies, in the informal Romanian plural
ladyclassy, ladylike, e.g. "e lady" (she's classy)gentlemangentleman, the parallel English loanword for a man
doamnălady, madam; the native, formal Romanian equivalentEtymology
Romanian borrowed "lady" directly from English, most likely through television, tabloid press, and pop culture from the late twentieth century onward. The word entered as an unadapted loan and kept its English spelling and rough pronunciation. In English itself, "lady" descends from Old English hlæfdige, a compound of hlaf ("loaf") and a root tied to kneading, so the word originally meant something like "bread-kneader" or "mistress of the household."
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