rezervă

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French réserve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈzer.və/
• Rhymes: -ervə
• Hyphenation: re‧zer‧vă

Noun

rezervă f (plural rezerve)

1. reserve (something reserved for future use)

   de rezervă ― spare, for replacement, in reserve

2. reserve (natural resource)
3. (military) reserve
4. (sports) reserve
5. (also in the plural) reservation (hesitation)
   • 1988, Dumitru Olaru, chapter 2, in Integrarea vest-europeană [Western European integration], Bucharest: Editura Politică, page 100:

     Și totuși, după ce a criticat, uneori vehement, Piața comună, în final, generalul de Gaulle a acceptat-o, desigur cu unele rezerve.

     And yet, after having criticised, sometimes vehemently, the Common Market, general de Gaulle accepted it, of course with some reservations.

Declension

Declension of rezervă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) rezervă	rezerva	(niște) rezerve	rezervele
genitive/dative	(unei) rezerve	rezervei	(unor) rezerve	rezervelor
vocative	rezervă, rezervo		rezervelor

Related terms

• rezerva
• rezervație
• rezervist

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /reˈzer.və/
• Rhymes: -ervə
• Hyphenation: re‧zer‧vă

Verb

rezervă

1. third-person singular present indicative of rezerva

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /re.zerˈvə/
• Rhymes: -ə
• Hyphenation: re‧zer‧vă

Verb

rezervă

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of rezerva

Further reading

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