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urmă¹

  • /ˈur.mə/

Rhymes with -urmə

Where it comes from

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or Late Latin osma, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) . Compare Aromanian urmã, Megleno-Romanian urmă, Istriot urma, Italian orma, also Spanish husma, Venetan usma and Friulian olme.

noun urme · urmă · urma · urmele

  1. feminine, literally footprint, track Un vânător cunoaște animalele după urme.
  2. feminine mark (visible vestige of a contact or process) a lăsa o urmă
  3. feminine track, trail (mark left behind by a movement) Ducând în spate sacul rupt, am lăsat o urmă de grâu.
  4. feminine wake (what follows the passage of something) a lăsa în urmă
  5. feminine trace, vestige (material or immaterial proof of something’s existence) fără urmă
  6. feminine, in the negative trace (very small quantity or number of something) nici urmă
  7. feminine, in plural trace (proportionally insignificant residual amount) Aurul are o puritate de 99,99%, cu urme de cupru.
  8. feminine earth from someone’s footprint, used in folk magic
  9. feminine one’s place of origin a trimite la urmă
  10. feminine, historical unit of measurement equal to a sixth of a stânjen (circa 35 cm)
  11. feminine, obsolete sole

    Similar: talpă

  12. feminine, obsolete footstep

    Similar: pas

  13. feminine, obsolete synonym of urmare (“result, consequence, that which follows”)

    Similar: urmare

urmă²

  • /urˈmə/

Rhymes with -ə

verb

  1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of urma

Urmă³

Where it comes from

From urmă.

proper noun lui Urmă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • trail signs of something/someone has passed previously
  • mark visible impression, blemish, stain
  • trace mark left as a sign of passage
  • behind rear, back-end
  • rut furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground
  • gleam indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint
  • track mark left by something that has passed along
  • vestige mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign

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@misc{urma_2026,
  title = {urmă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/urm%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}