cuvintele

Cuvintele is the definite plural form of cuvânt, the Romanian word for “word.” It refers to the words of a specific text, speech, or context. The noun cuvânt is masculine; its forms include singular cuvânt, plural cuvinte, definite singular cuvântul, and definite plural cuvintele.

In use, cuvinte without a definite article denotes “words” in a general sense, while cuvinintele denotes “the words” in a particular sense or when used with a possessive or demonstrative. For example, cuvintele din această poezie means “the words from this poem,” and cuvintele tale means “your words.” Romanian marks definiteness in nouns through suffixes, so cuvininte becomes cuvinte in the plural, and cuvinintele adds the definite ending -ele.

Cuvintele commonly appear in everyday language, literature, and linguistic discussion. They can refer to the vocabulary of a person, a text, or a language, and they occur in idiomatic expressions such as fara cuvinte (without words) or a spune cuvinte. The term is versatile for describing both individual words in context and the set of words that comprise a passage or speech.

As a basic lexical unit, cuvintele function as a building block in syntax and semantics, contributing to meaning through choice, order, and punctuation. The distinction between cuvinte and cuvintele helps signal whether speakers refer to words in general or to a specific, identifiable set of words.