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

Declension

Declension of poveste

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) poveste	povestea	(niște) povești	poveștile
genitive/dative	(unei) povești	poveștii	(unor) povești	poveștilor
vocative	poveste, povesteo		poveștilor

Derived terms

• povesti

Related terms

• povestire
• povestitor

Further reading

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