Learn Romanian › limbă
limbă
language /ˈlim.bə/
noun#993 most common
Also: tongue (the organ), clapper (of a bell)
Example sentences
Eu vorbesc limba română.
I speak the Romanian language.
Câte limbi știi?
How many languages do you know?
Ea a scos limba la doctor.
She stuck out her tongue for the doctor.
Limba engleză are multe cuvinte împrumutate din franceză.
The English language has many words borrowed from French.
Limba este un organ esențial pentru vorbire și pentru simțul gustului.
The tongue is an organ essential for speech and for the sense of taste.
Filologii dezbat originea limbilor romanice și evoluția lor divergentă din latina vulgară.
Philologists debate the origin of the Romance languages and their divergent evolution from Vulgar Latin.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | limbă | limbi |
| Genitive | limbii | limbilor |
| Accusative | limbă | limbi |
| Vocative | limbă | limbi |
Word family
Etymology
Limbă descends from Latin lingua, meaning both the anatomical tongue and a language, a double sense Romanian kept intact. The Latin form itself was irregular, an old dialectal variant dingua smoothed into lingua before it ever reached the provinces. Romanian inherited the word directly through spoken Latin, and the same dual meaning survives today in everyday phrases like limba română.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free