undrea

Romanian

Etymology

A variation of îndrea, from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). The holy day of St. Andrew (more commonly known as Sfântul Andrei in Romanian) is on 30 November, and in popular Romanian his name became associated with the following month, which starts a day after. Compare folk Galician san Andrés (“November or December”), Sardinian santandria (“November”), also Aromanian andreu. The meaning of "needle" may be due to the custom of knitting stockings for St. Andrew's day (November 30), but compare andrea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈdre̯a/

Noun

undrea f (plural undrele)

  1. alternative form of andrea (knitting needle; December)

Declension

Declension of undrea
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative undrea undreaua undrele undrelele
genitive-dative undrele undrelei undrele undrelelor
vocative undrea undrelelor
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