ușor

See also: usor

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈʃor/, [uˈʃo̞r]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: u‧șòr

Etymology 1

From the older form iușor, from a hypothetical (perhaps Proto-Romanian) intermediate *lieu, from Latin levis (light), + the diminutive suffix -șor. Compare Aromanian li(c)shor, ljiushor.[1]

Adjective

ușor m or n (feminine singular ușoară, masculine plural ușori, feminine and neuter plural ușoare)

  1. light (not heavy)
    Synonym: lejer
    Antonym: greu
  2. easy
    Antonyms: greu, dificil
Declension
Declension of ușor
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite ușor ușoară ușori ușoare
definite ușorul ușoara ușorii ușoarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite ușor ușoare ușori ușoare
definite ușorului ușoarei ușorilor ușoarelor
Derived terms

Adverb

ușor

  1. easily
    Synonym: lesne
  2. lightly, gently

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ostiolum, a diminutive of ostium (door). Equivalent to ușă +‎ -or.

Noun

ușor m (plural ușori)

  1. Either of the two vertical poles or columns that support a door or gate on the sides.
Declension
Declension of ușor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ușor ușorul ușori ușorii
genitive-dative ușor ușorului ușori ușorilor
vocative ușorule ușorilor

References

  1. ^ ușor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 20042025