porumbă

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porumbă

/poˈrum.bə/

Rhymes with -umbə

Where it comes from

From porumb (“blueish-grey”), from Latin palumbus (“wood-pigeon”).

The berry is named for its blueish "pigeon"-like colour. Cf. Albanian kullumbri (“sloe”).

noun porumbe · porumbă · porumba · porumbele

feminine sloe; fruit of the sloe or blackthorn tree
Similar: scoroambă
common, feminine female dove or pigeon
Similar: porumbiță

In English

pigeon bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae — see also dove

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@misc{porumba_2026,
  title = {porumbă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/porumb%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}