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poveste

Română

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poveste

  • /poˈves.te/

Rhymes with -este

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, “tale, narration, legend”), from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *po- + *věstь (“message”). Compare Serbo-Croatian povest (“history”) and Russian повесть (povestʹ, “narrative, story”), Czech pověst (“narrative story”).

noun povești · poveste · povestea · poveștile

  1. feminine story, yarn, tale

In English

  • fable fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept
  • tale type of story
  • story account of events
  • yarn story

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"poveste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/poveste. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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poveste. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/poveste

Chicago

"poveste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/poveste.

BibTeX
@misc{poveste_2026,
  title = {poveste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/poveste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}