poveste

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • poveaste obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, tale, narration, legend), from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *po- + *věstь (message). Compare Serbo-Croatian povest (history) and Russian повесть (povestʹ, narrative, story), Czech pověst (narrative story).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈves.te/
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  • Rhymes: -este
  • Hyphenation: po‧ves‧te

Noun

poveste f (plural povești)

  1. story, yarn, tale

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