hârtie

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • (dated) hîrtie, хыртие (hîrtie)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic харътиꙗ (xarŭtija, papyrus, paper), from Byzantine Greek χαρτί (khartí). Compare Bulgarian хартия (hartija), Macedonian хартија (hartija) and Serbo-Croatian хартија), Aromanian hãrtii. Cf. also the doublet carte, which has the same Ancient Greek root, but passed through Latin, as well as hartă, straight from Greek, and cartă, a later Latin borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɨrˈti.je/
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Noun

hârtie f (plural hârtii)

  1. paper
    coală de hârtiesheet of paper
    foaie de hârtiesheet of paper

Declension

Declension of hârtie
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative hârtie hârtia hârtii hârtiile
genitive-dative hârtii hârtiei hârtii hârtiilor
vocative hârtie, hârtio hârtiilor

Derived terms

See also