ciumă

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See also: ciumã

Romanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Latin cyma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, swell, wave, billow). The meaning was probably derived from the swellings from diseases such as the bubonic plague. Compare also Aromanian ciumã (peak, summit), which has a meaning shared by most other Romance languages.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ciumă f (plural ciume)

  1. plague, pest, pestilence
    Synonyms: pestă, (literary) pestilență

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: чума (čuma)
  • Bulgarian: чума (čuma)
  • Macedonian: чума (čuma)
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوما (çuma)
  • Polish: dżuma
  • Russian: чума (čuma)
  • Serbo-Croatian: čuma
  • Tatar: чума (çuma)
  • Ukrainian: чума (čuma)

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