vreme

See also: vřeme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣмѧ (vrěmę), from Proto-Slavic *vermę. Compare Megleno-Romanian vreami, Bulgarian време (vreme), Serbo-Croatian vreme, Russian время (vremja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

vreme f (plural vremuri or vremi)

1. weather

   Synonym: (uncommon) timp

2. time

   Synonym: timp

Declension

Declension of vreme

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vreme	vremea	(niște) vremuri	vremurile
genitive/dative	(unei) vremi	vremii	(unor) vremuri	vremurilor
vocative	vreme, vremeo		vremurilor

Declension of vreme

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vreme	vremea	(niște) vremi	vremile
genitive/dative	(unei) vremi	vremii	(unor) vremi	vremilor
vocative	vreme, vremeo		vremilor

Derived terms

• devreme

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vrijéme (Ijekavian)
• vrime (Ikavian)

Etymology

From earlier *vrěmę, from Proto-Slavic *vermę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrěːme/
• Hyphenation: vre‧me

Noun

vréme n (Cyrillic spelling вре́ме) (Ekavian)

1. time

   Njena braća su došla na vreme. ― Her brother arrived on time.

2. weather

   izvješće o vremenu ― weather forecast

3. epoch
   • 1847, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, “Luke 1: 5-12”, in Serbian Translation of the Bible:

     U vrijeme Iroda cara Judejskoga bijaše neki sveštenik od reda Avijna, po imenu Zarija, i žena njegova od plemena Aronova, po imenu Jelisaveta.

     There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Declension

Declension of vreme

	singular	plural
nominative	vréme	vremèna
genitive	vrèmena	vreménā
dative	vrèmenu	vremènima
accusative	vréme	vremèna
vocative	vréme	vremèna
locative	vrèmenu	vremènima
instrumental	vrèmenom	vremènima

Derived terms

Derived terms

• prostorvrememe
• vremenski
• vremènit
• vrȅmeplōv
• vrȅmēšan

References

• “vreme” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vermę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrɛ̀ːmɛ/

Noun

vréme n

1. weather

Inflection

Declension of vreme (neuter, n-stem)
nom. sing.	vreme
gen. sing.	vremena
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vreme	vremeni	vremena
accusative	vreme	vremeni	vremena
genitive	vremena	vremen	vremen
dative	vremenu	vremenoma	vremenom
locative	vremenu	vremenih	vremenih
instrumental	vremenom	vremenoma	vremeni

Further reading

• “vreme”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran