sânge

See also: sange, sänge, and Sänge

Romanian

Alternative forms

• sînge

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare Catalan sang, French sang, Italian and Portuguese sangue, Spanish sangre, Aromanian sãndzi, sãndze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨn.d͡ʒe/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨnd͡ʒe
• Hyphenation: sân‧ge

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sânge n (plural sângiuri)

1. (uncountable) blood
2. (uncountable, figurative) origin
3. (uncountable, figurative) breed
4. (countable, archaic) murder, killing

Usage notes

• The plural form is archaic and rare nowadays.

Declension

Declension of sânge

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sânge	sângele	(niște) sângiuri	sângiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) sânge	sângelui	(unor) sângiuri	sângiurilor
vocative	sânge		sângiurilor

Derived terms

• sângeriu

Related terms

• sângera
• sânger
• sângeros

References

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