diurnă

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈur.nə/
  • Rhymes: -urnə
  • Hyphenation: di‧ur‧nă

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Diurnum (“day’s pay”, obsolete Austrian term), from Latin diurnum (“daily allowance”), substantivisation of diurnus (“daily”). The gender change is due to identification with the original adjective and association with the feminine noun plată (“pay”).

Noun

diurnă f (plural diurne)

  1. travel allowance (pay allocated to business travel)
  2. day labourer’s pay
Declension
Declension of diurnă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative diurnă diurna diurne diurnele
genitive-dative diurne diurnei diurne diurnelor
vocative diurnă, diurno diurnelor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

diurnă

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative feminine singular of diurn (“diurnal”)

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