dragoste

Romanian

Alternative forms

• драгосте (dragoste) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic драгость (dragostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dorgostь, from *dorgъ +‎ *-ostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ɡo.ste/

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• Rhymes: -aɡoste
• Hyphenation: dra‧gos‧te

Noun

dragoste f (plural dragoste)

1. love

   Synonym: iubire

   • 2003, “Dragostea din tei [Love from the lindens]”, performed by O-Zone [O-Zone]:

     Chipul tău și dragostea din tei
     Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

     Your face and the love from the linden
     Remind me of your eyes.

Declension

Declension of dragoste

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) dragoste	dragostea	(niște) dragoste	dragostele
genitive/dative	(unei) dragoste	dragostei	(unor) dragoste	dragostelor
vocative	dragoste, dragosteo		dragostelor

Derived terms

• drăgăstos (adjective)
• drăgosteală f (noun)
• drăgosti (verb)
• îndrăgosti (verb)
• face dragoste (“to make love”, verb)

Related terms

• drag

Noun

dragoste f (plural dragoste)

1. (botany) orpine, livelong

See also

• iarbă-de-ureche
• rujă
• șoaldină

Further reading

• dragoste in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)