adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the country of Moldova.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Moldovan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /mɒlˈdəʊ.vən/
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General-American: /mɑlˈdoʊ.vən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the Moldovan language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 3
The dialect of Romanian spoken in the Republic of Moldova, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.
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name
Meaning 4
The Romanian language (a name used primarily in Moldova).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 6
An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Moldova Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Moldovan From Moldova + -an.
Across languages
Translations
224 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Moldowies — relating to Moldova
- Afrikaans: Moldawies — relating to Moldova
- Albanian: moldav — relating to Moldova
- Arabic: مُولْدَافِيّ (moldāfiyy) — relating to Moldova
- Armenian: մոլդովական (moldovakan) — relating to Moldova
- Asturian: moldavu — relating to Moldova
- Azerbaijani: moldavan — relating to Moldova
- Azerbaijani: moldav — relating to Moldova
- Belarusian: малда́ўскі (maldáwski) — relating to Moldova
- Bulgarian: молдо́вски (moldóvski) — relating to Moldova
- Bulgarian: молда́вски (moldávski) — relating to Moldova
- Burmese: မော်လ်ဒိုဗာ (maulduiba) — relating to Moldova
- Catalan: moldau — relating to Moldova
- Chinese Mandarin: 摩爾多瓦的 /摩尔多瓦的 (Mó'ěrduōwǎ de) — relating to Moldova
- Chinese Mandarin: 摩爾達維亞的 /摩尔达维亚的 (Mó'ěrdáwéiyǎ de) — relating to Moldova
- Czech: moldavský — relating to Moldova
- Danish: moldovisk — relating to Moldova
- Danish: moldavisk — relating to Moldova
- Dutch: Moldavisch — relating to Moldova
- Finnish: moldovalainen — relating to Moldova
- French: moldave — relating to Moldova
- Gagauz: moldovan — relating to Moldova
- Galician: moldovo — relating to Moldova
- Georgian: მოლდავური (moldavuri) — relating to Moldova
- German: moldauisch — relating to Moldova
- Greek: μολδαβικός (moldavikós) — relating to Moldova
- Hindi: मोलदावियन (moldāviyan) — relating to Moldova
- Hungarian: moldáv — relating to Moldova
- Hungarian: moldován — relating to Moldova
- Icelandic: moldóvskur — relating to Moldova
- Irish: Moldóvach — relating to Moldova
- Italian: moldavo — relating to Moldova
- Italian: moldovo — relating to Moldova
- Japanese: モルドヴァの (Morudova no) — relating to Moldova
- Japanese: モルドバの (Morudoba no) — relating to Moldova
- Japanese: モルダビアの (Morudabia no) — relating to Moldova
- Kazakh: молдаван (moldavan) — relating to Moldova
- Khmer: ម៉ុលដូវ៉ា (moldouvaa) — relating to Moldova
- Korean: 몰다비아의 (Moldabia-ui) — relating to Moldova
- Korean: 몰도바의 (Moldoba-ui) — relating to Moldova
- Kyrgyz: молдаван (moldavan) — relating to Moldova
- Latvian: moldāvu — relating to Moldova
- Latvian: moldāviešu — relating to Moldova
- Latvian: moldāvisks — relating to Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldaviškas — relating to Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldavų — relating to Moldova
- Macedonian: молдавски (moldavski) — relating to Moldova
- Malay: Moldova — relating to Moldova
- Mongolian: молдав (moldav) — relating to Moldova
- Norwegian Bokmål: moldovsk — relating to Moldova
- Norwegian Bokmål: moldavisk — relating to Moldova
- Persian: مولداویایی (moldâviyâyi) — relating to Moldova
- Polish: mołdawski — relating to Moldova
- Portuguese: moldávio — relating to Moldova
- Portuguese: moldavo — relating to Moldova
- Romanian: moldovenesc — relating to Moldova
- Romanian: moldovean — relating to Moldova
- Russian: молда́вский (moldávskij) — relating to Moldova
- Russian: молдо́вский (moldóvskij) — relating to Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: мо̀лдавскӣ — relating to Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: mòldavskī — relating to Moldova
- Slovak: moldavský — relating to Moldova
- Slovene: moldavski — relating to Moldova
- Spanish: moldavo — relating to Moldova
- Swedish: moldavisk — relating to Moldova
- Tajik: молдаванӣ (moldavani) — relating to Moldova
- Tatar: молдаван (moldawan) — relating to Moldova
- Thai: มอลโดวา (mɔl-doo-wâa) — relating to Moldova
- Turkmen: moldawan — relating to Moldova
- Ukrainian: молдо́вський (moldóvsʹkyj) — relating to Moldova
- Ukrainian: молда́вський (moldávsʹkyj) — relating to Moldova
- Uyghur: مولداۋىيە (moldawiye) — relating to Moldova
- Uyghur: مولداۋىيان (moldawiyan) — relating to Moldova
- Uzbek: moldavan — relating to Moldova
- Vietnamese: Môn-đô-va — relating to Moldova
- Welsh: Moldafaidd — relating to Moldova
- Afrikaans: Moldowies — relating to the Moldovan language
- Afrikaans: Moldawies — relating to the Moldovan language
- Czech: moldavský — relating to the Moldovan language
- Finnish: moldovankielinen — relating to the Moldovan language
- Afrikaans: Moldowies — dialect of Romanian
- Afrikaans: Moldawies — dialect of Romanian
- Armenian: մոլդովերեն (moldoveren) — dialect of Romanian
- Catalan: moldau — dialect of Romanian
- Czech: moldavština — dialect of Romanian
- Danish: moldovisk — dialect of Romanian
- Dutch: Moldavisch — dialect of Romanian
- Finnish: moldova — dialect of Romanian
- French: moldave — dialect of Romanian
- Gagauz: moldovanca — dialect of Romanian
- German: Moldauisch — dialect of Romanian
- German: Moldawisch — dialect of Romanian
- Greek: μολδαβικά (moldaviká) — dialect of Romanian
- Icelandic: moldóvska — dialect of Romanian
- Irish: Moldáivis — dialect of Romanian
- Italian: moldavo — dialect of Romanian
- Italian: romeno moldavo — dialect of Romanian
- Japanese: モルダビア語 (morudabiago) — dialect of Romanian
- Korean: 몰도바어 (moldoba'eo) — dialect of Romanian
- Latvian: moldāvu valoda — dialect of Romanian
- Latvian: moldāviešu valoda — dialect of Romanian
- Latvian: moldāvu — dialect of Romanian
- Latvian: moldāviešu — dialect of Romanian
- Norwegian Bokmål: moldovsk — dialect of Romanian
- Norwegian Nynorsk: moldovsk — dialect of Romanian
- Portuguese: moldávio — dialect of Romanian
- Portuguese: moldavo — dialect of Romanian
- Romanian: limba moldovenească — dialect of Romanian
- Romanian: limba română — dialect of Romanian
- Russian: молда́вский (moldávskij) — dialect of Romanian
- Serbo-Croatian: мо̀лдавскӣ — dialect of Romanian
- Serbo-Croatian: mòldavskī — dialect of Romanian
- Slovak: moldavčina — dialect of Romanian
- Slovene: moldavščina — dialect of Romanian
- Spanish: moldavo — dialect of Romanian
- Swedish: moldaviska — dialect of Romanian
- Turkish: Moldovaca — dialect of Romanian
- Afrikaans: Moldowiër — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Afrikaans: Moldawiër — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Albanian: moldavian — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Arabic: مُولْدَافِيّ (moldāfiyy) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Arabic: مُولْدَافِيَّة (moldāfiyya) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Armenian: մոլդովացի (moldovacʻi) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Armenian: մոլդավացի (moldavacʻi) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Asturian: moldavu — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Asturian: moldava — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Azerbaijani: moldavan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Belarusian: малдава́нін (maldavánin) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Belarusian: малдава́нка (maldavánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Bulgarian: молдова́нец (moldovánec) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Bulgarian: молдова́нка (moldovánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Bulgarian: молдава́нец (moldavánec) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Bulgarian: молдава́нка (moldavánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Catalan: moldau — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Chinese Mandarin: 摩爾多瓦人 /摩尔多瓦人 (Mó'ěrduōwǎrén) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Chinese Mandarin: 摩爾達維亞人 /摩尔达维亚人 (Mó'ěrdáwéiyàrén, Mó'ěrdáwéiyǎrén) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Czech: Moldavan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Czech: Moldavanka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Danish: moldover — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Dutch: Moldaviër — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Dutch: Moldavische — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Esperanto: moldavo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Esperanto: moldavino — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Estonian: moldaavlane — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Finnish: moldovalainen — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- French: Moldave — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Gagauz: moldovan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Galician: moldovo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Georgian: მოლდაველი (moldaveli) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Georgian: მოლდოველი (moldoveli) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- German: Moldauer — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- German: Moldauerin — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- German: Moldawier — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- German: Moldawierin — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Greek: Μολδαβός (Moldavós) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Greek: Μολδαβή (Moldaví) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Hindi: मोलदावियन (moldāviyan) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Hungarian: moldáv — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Hungarian: moldován — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Icelandic: Moldóvi — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Irish: Moldóvach — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Italian: moldavo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Italian: moldava — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Italian: moldovo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Italian: moldova — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Japanese: モルドヴァ人 (morudovajin) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Japanese: モルドバ人 (morudobajin) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Japanese: モルダビア人 (morudabiajin) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Kazakh: молдаван (moldavan) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Korean: 몰도바인 (moldobain) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Korean: 몰다비아인 (moldabiain) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Korean: 몰도바 사람 (moldoba saram) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Korean: 몰다비아 사람 (moldabia saram) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Kyrgyz: молдаван (moldavan) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Latvian: moldāvs — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Latvian: moldāvietis — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Latvian: moldāviete — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldavas — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldavė — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldovas — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Lithuanian: moldovė — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Macedonian: Молдавец (Moldavec) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Macedonian: Молдавка (Moldavka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Norwegian Bokmål: moldover — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Norwegian Nynorsk: moldovar — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Pannonian Rusyn: Молдавец (Moldavec) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Pannonian Rusyn: Молдавка (Moldavka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Persian: مردم مولداویایی (mardom-e moldâviyâyi) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Persian: مولداویایی (moldâviyâyi) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Polish: Mołdawianin — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Polish: Mołdawianka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Portuguese: moldávio — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Portuguese: moldávia — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Portuguese: moldavo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Portuguese: moldovo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Romanian: moldovean — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Romanian: moldoveancă — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Romanian: moldoveană — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Russian: молдава́нин (moldavánin) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Russian: молдава́нка (moldavánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: Молдавац — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: Молдавка — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: Moldavac — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Serbo-Croatian: Moldavka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovak: Moldavčan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovak: Moldavčanka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovak: Moldavec — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovak: Moldavka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovene: Moldavijec — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Slovene: Moldavijka — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Spanish: moldavo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Spanish: moldava — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Spanish: moldovo — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Swedish: moldaver — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Tajik: молдаван (moldavan) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Turkish: Moldovalı — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Turkmen: moldawan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Ukrainian: молдава́нин (moldaványn) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Ukrainian: молдава́нка (moldavánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Ukrainian: молдова́нин (moldoványn) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Ukrainian: молдова́нка (moldovánka) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Uyghur: مولداۋىيان (moldawiyan) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Uyghur: مولداۋىيىلىك (moldawiyilik) — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
- Uzbek: moldavan — inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova
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