porumbă

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Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine of porumb or possibly from Vulgar Latin palumba or palumbula, from Latin palumbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈrum.bə/
  • Rhymes: -umbə
  • Hyphenation: po‧rum‧bă

Noun

porumbă f (plural porumbe)

  1. sloe; fruit of the sloe or blackthorn tree
  2. (popular) female dove or pigeon
    Synonym: porumbiță

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative porumbă porumba porumbe porumbele
genitive-dative porumbe porumbei porumbe porumbelor
vocative porumbă, porumbo porumbelor