zeamă

Romanian

Alternative forms

• zamă

Etymology

Either from Latin zema (“saucepan”) or from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma, “decoction, something boiled or fermented; extract; essence”), through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *zema, likely with an Eastern Romance regional sense closer to that of the original Greek than the attested Latin term. Compare Aromanian dzamã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈze̯amə/

• Audio:

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Noun

zeamă f (plural zemuri)

1. soup, broth, sauce, gravy
2. juice, sap

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zeamă	zeama		zemuri	zemurile
genitive-dative	zemi	zemii		zemuri	zemurilor
vocative	zeamă, zeamo			zemurilor

Derived terms

• zemos