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rochie
dress (a woman's or girl's garment) /ˈro.ki.e/
noun#1120 most common
Also: gown, frock
Example sentences
Rochia este roșie.
The dress is red.
Ea poartă o rochie albastră.
She is wearing a blue dress.
Mi-am cumpărat o rochie nouă pentru petrecere.
I bought myself a new dress for the party.
Rochia aceea de mireasă a costat o avere.
That wedding dress cost a fortune.
Deși rochia părea simplă, croiala ei sofisticată a impresionat criticii de modă.
Although the dress seemed simple, its sophisticated cut impressed the fashion critics.
Rochiile bunicii, păstrate cu grijă în cufărul din pod, povestesc o istorie a modei românești din secolul trecut.
Grandmother's dresses, kept carefully in the trunk in the attic, tell a history of Romanian fashion from the last century.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rochie | rochii |
| Genitive | rochiei | rochiilor |
| Accusative | rochie | rochii |
| Vocative | rochie | rochii |
Word family
rochițălittle dress (diminutive)
rochie de mireasăwedding dress
rochie de searăevening gown
rochie de balball gown
Etymology
Rochie entered Romanian as a borrowing, most likely through a Slavic intermediary such as Polish, from a Germanic word for an outer garment (compare German Rock, meaning skirt or coat). It settled into Romanian as the general word for a woman's dress. The exact borrowing path is debated among Romanian etymologists, so the chain should be read as probable rather than certain.
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