poveste

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word poveste. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word poveste, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say poveste in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word poveste you have here. The definition of the word poveste will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpoveste, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, “tale, narration, legend”), from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *po- +‎ *věstь (“message”). Compare Serbo-Croatian povest (“history”) and Russian повесть (povestʹ, “narrative, story”), Czech pověst (“narrative story”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈves.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -este
  • Hyphenation: po‧ves‧te

Noun

poveste f (plural povești)

  1. story, yarn, tale

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative poveste povestea povești poveștile
genitive-dative povești poveștii povești poveștilor
vocative poveste, povesteo poveștilor

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia