stea
Romanian
Alternative forms
- steauă (popular)
Etymology
With apocope from colloquial steauă, from archaic steală, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
stea f (plural stele)
- star (celestial body)
- star (star-shaped thing)
- star (most important person in e.g. a film)
Declension
declension of stea
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) stea | steaua | (niște) stele | stelele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) stele | stelei | (unor) stele | stelelor |
| vocative | stea | stelelor | ||
Derived terms
- înstela
- stelar
- stelesc
- steli
- stelos
Related terms
- stei
References
- stea in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)