plămân

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • plumână

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pulmōnem, accusative of pulmō, probably through metathesis from a Vulgar Latin root *plumonem (compare Sicilian primuni, Sardinian primone), or less likely from Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō. Compare Aromanian pãlmunã.

Noun

plămân m (plural plămâni)

  1. lung
    Synonym: pulmon

Declension

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