paludă
See also: paluda
Romanian
Alternative forms
- палудэ (paludă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palūs (“swamp”), judging by the retention of /-l-/. Doublet of pădure (“forest”), which was inherited via a metathesized form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈlu.də/
- Rhymes: -udə
- Hyphenation: pa‧lu‧dă
Noun
paludă f (plural palude)
- marsh (area of low, wet land)