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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dragoste	dragostea		dragoste	dragostele
genitive-dative	dragoste	dragostei		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)