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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

rug.

pyre

3 characters1 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. pyre

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Latin rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.

noun
  1. bramble

    masculine
  2. dog rose

    masculine
  3. blackberry

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negură.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.