Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свеклъ (sveklŭ), from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon). Compare Serbo-Croatian cvikla, Bulgarian цвекло (cveklo), Russian свёкла (svjókla); cf. also Hungarian cékla.

Noun edit

sfeclă f (plural sfecle)

  1. beet (Beta vulgaris)
  2. beetroot
    Synonym: sfeclă roșie

Declension edit

See also edit