palavră

See also: palavra

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پالاوره (palavra), from Spanish palabra, Latin parabola. Doublet of parabolă, parolă, and palabră.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈla.vrə/
• Rhymes: -avrə
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧vră

Noun

palavră f (plural palavre)

1. (chiefly in the plural, now literary) twaddle, nonsense

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	palavră	palavra		palavre	palavrele
genitive-dative	palavre	palavrei		palavre	palavrelor
vocative	palavră, palavro			palavrelor

Synonyms

• fleac
• prostie
• palabră

Derived terms

• pălăvri

Related terms

• palabră
• pălăvrăgi

Further reading

• palavră in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1972), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 32