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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	poveste	povestea		povești	poveștile
genitive-dative	povești	poveștii		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)