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urmă.

footprint, track

4 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈur.mə/
  1. footprint, track

    feminine · literally
    Un vânător cunoaște animalele după urme.
  2. mark (visible vestige of a contact or process)

    feminine
    a lăsa o urmă
    urme de frână
  3. track, trail (mark left behind by a movement)

    feminine
    Ducând în spate sacul rupt, am lăsat o urmă de grâu.
  4. wake (what follows the passage of something)

    feminine
    a lăsa în urmă
    În urma tornadei nu este decât distrugere.
  5. trace, vestige (material or immaterial proof of something’s existence)

    feminine
    fără urmă
    Săpăturile au dezvăluit urmele unei așezări preistorice.
  6. trace (very small quantity or number of something)

    feminine
    nici urmă
    Pe Lună nu există nicio urmă de viață.
  7. trace (proportionally insignificant residual amount)

    feminine · in-plural
    Aurul are o puritate de 99,99%, cu urme de cupru.
  8. earth from someone’s footprint, used in folk magic

    feminine
  9. one’s place of origin

    feminine
    a trimite la urmă
  10. unit of measurement equal to a sixth of a stânjen (circa 35 cm)

    feminine · historical
  11. sole

    feminine · obsolete
  12. footstep

    feminine · obsolete
  13. synonym of urmare (“result, consequence, that which follows”)

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or Late Latin osma, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) . Compare Aromanian urmã, Megleno-Romanian urmă, Istriot urma, Italian orma, also Spanish husma, Venetan usma and Friulian olme.

verb/urˈmə/
  1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of urma

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