vară

See also: Väärä, väärä, Vaara, vaara, våra, vara, VARA, vára, varā, vāra, vara-, Vara, văra, вара, vära, вяра, варя, væra, and Вяра

Romanian

Alternative forms

• варэ (vară) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.rə/

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• Rhymes: -arə
• Hyphenation: va‧ră

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēra, from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Aromanian vearã; more distantly related to Spanish verano and Portuguese verão.

Noun

vară f (plural veri)

1. summer

Declension

Declension of vară

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vară	vara	(niște) veri	verile
genitive/dative	(unei) veri	verii	(unor) veri	verilor
vocative	vară, varo		verilor

Derived terms

• învăra
• văratic
• văra

Related terms

• primăvară

See also

Seasons in Romanian · anotimpuri (layout · text) · category
primăvară (“spring”)	vară (“summer”)	toamnă (“autumn”)	iarnă (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin (consobrina) vēra.

Noun

vară f (plural vere, masculine equivalent văr)

1. female cousin

   Synonym: verișoară

Declension

Declension of vară

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vară	vara	(niște) vere	verele
genitive/dative	(unei) vere	verei	(unor) vere	verelor
vocative	vară, varo		verelor