sunătoare

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • sănătoare, sănitoare

Etymology

Related to sănătate. Possibly from Vulgar Latin (herba) sanatōria, from Late Latin sanatōrius, from Latin sanō. This form came to be influenced by the verb suna (cf. sunător) in Romanian, altered through popular etymology deriving it from that verb.

Noun

sunătoare f (plural sunători)

  1. (botany) perforate St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
  2. (botany) stinking hawksbeard (Crepis foetida)
  3. (botany) tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)
  4. (botany) rose of Sharon (usually Hypericum calycinum)

Declension

Declension of sunătoare
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sunătoare sunătoarea sunători sunătorile
genitive-dative sunători sunătorii sunători sunătorilor
vocative sunătoare, sunătoareo sunătorilor
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