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urmă

Pronunciation: /ˈur.mə/

“urmă” is a Romanian word. Its 14 meanings in English:

noun

  1. footprint, track
  2. mark (visible vestige of a contact or process)
  3. track, trail (mark left behind by a movement)
  4. wake (what follows the passage of something)
  5. trace, vestige (material or immaterial proof of something’s existence)
  6. trace (very small quantity or number of something)
  7. trace (proportionally insignificant residual amount)
  8. earth from someone’s footprint, used in folk magic
  9. one’s place of origin
  10. unit of measurement equal to a sixth of a stânjen (circa 35 cm)
  11. sole
  12. footstep
  13. synonym of urmare (“result, consequence, that which follows”)

verb

  1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of urma

In Romanian

  1. semn concret lăsat de cineva sau de ceva pe locul unde a trecut, a stat etc.
  2. punct sau stadiu final; sfârșit.
  3. (înv.) urmare, consecință, rezultat.
  4. (mat.) punct în care o dreaptă intersectează o anumită suprafață.
  5. dreaptă de-a lungul căreia o suprafață intersectează altă suprafață.

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or Late Latin osma, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) . Compare Aromanian urmã, Megleno-Romanian urmă, Istriot urma, Italian orma, also Spanish husma, Venetan usma and Friulian olme.

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