șuiera

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • șuera

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbilāre, from Latin sībilāre, or possibly influenced by fluiera. Compare Aromanian shuir, shuirari, Dalmatian sublar, Italian sobillare, Romansch tschüblar, dialectal French subler, Ligurian šwirá (attested in Rovegno), Ladin šüré.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃu.jeˈra/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: șu‧ie‧ra

Verb

a șuiera (third-person singular present șuieră, past participle șuierat, third-person subjunctive șuiere) 1st conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to finger whistle
  2. (ambitransitive, by extension, dated) to whistle
  3. (transitive, figurative) to hiss (speak sharply)
  4. (intransitive, of the wind) to howl
  5. (intransitive, of certain animals) to make a hissing, whistling or chirping sound
  6. (intransitive) to whiz (speed by with a noise)

Conjugation

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