Terms encountered in geography and the mail system
We have also incorporated elements of the philatelic dictionaries
from
Ernest Morgenstern, Manualul Filatelistului īncepqtor, Bucurewti, Editura Transporturilor wi Telecomunicayiilor, 1964; and from
Marcel Danescu, Filatelia de la A la Z, Bucurewti, Editura Sport-Turism, 1987.
Some of the Romanian terms are taken from the corresponding French terms, and the
English translations might make more sense if we added the French, or even German.
A B C D E F G H I J L M N
O P R S T
U V Z (shortcuts)
A. top
abonament (newspaper) | subscription | antreprenor powtal | postal contractor | |
abonat | subscriber | antreprizq powtalq | postal enterprise | |
achitarea | anulare | cancellation | ||
achitat | paid | anulat | canceled | |
act oficial | official paper | anunyare | ||
acte de procedurq | court papers | apq, apa | water, the water | |
adeverire de primire | confirmation of receipt | aramq | copper | |
administrayia powtelor | postal authorities | Ardeal | Transylvania | |
adresq | address | argint | silver | |
adresant | adressee | armatq | army | |
aerogramq | aerogram | asigurare | insurance | |
aeroport | airport | asistenyq socialq | social assistance | |
afacere | business | aur | gold | |
afarq | outside | aurelaj | network | |
agenyie | agency | autotipie | half-tone process, autotype | |
agenyie powtalq | postal agency | avion | airplane | |
ajutor | help | avis de platq | advice of payment (for a money order) | |
albq | white | aviz de primire | advice of receipt | |
album | album | avocat | lawyer | |
ambasadq | embassy | |||
Anglia | England | |||
anomalie | anomaly, irregularity |
B.
topbagaj | baggage | birou powtal | post office | |
baia, bqi, bqile | bath (e.g., hot springs) | birou powtal feroviar | railway post office | |
baltq | marsh, pool, lake | birou autorizat | authorized post office | |
bancq, banca | bank, the bank | bisericq | church | |
bancnotq | banknote | bogat, -q | rich | |
bqrbat | husband | bon | bill (invoice) | |
barcq | boat | bou | ox | |
bqtrān | old | bray | branch | |
bazin | basin | bucatq | piece | |
biblioteca | library | buletin de expediere | way bill (accompanies a parcel) | |
bilet, bilete | ticket, tickets | bulevard | boulevard (abbrev. bd.) | |
birou | office, section (of an office) | bun | good | |
birou de cenzurq militarq | military censorship office | bursq | stock exchange | |
birou de schimb | exchange bureau |
C.
topcadru | frame | coalq | sheet (of stamps) | |
caimacam | regent for the hospodar | coastq | coast | |
cal, cai | horse, horses | cod powtal | postal code | |
cqlqtori | travel | codru, codri | forest, forests | |
cale | avenue | codrul, codrii | the forest, the forests | |
cale feratq | railway | colecyie | collection | |
Calea Victorie | Avenue of the Victory | colecyionar | collector | |
calitate | quality | colet | parcel | |
camerq | room, chamber, Chamber (parliament) | colet expres | express parcel | |
cāmpie | plain, field | colet powtal | postal parcel | |
canal | channel, canal | colinq | hill | |
cānd | when | coliyq | small sheet (of stamps) | |
cap | head, cape | colorat | colored | |
carantinq | quarantine | coly | corner | |
carnet | booklet | comemorativ | commemorative | |
cartare | sorting (office) | comunq | village | |
carte, cqryi | book, books | condicq powtalq | postal book | |
carte powtalq | postal card | consulat | consulate | |
carte powtalq īnchise | letter card | copil, copii | child, children | |
cqryi powtale | postal cards | corespondent | correspondent | |
cqruyq | carriage | corespondenyq | correspondence | |
casa | the house | corn powtal | post horn | |
casq | house | cotidiene | daily (newspaper) | |
casier | cashier | cretatq (hārtie) | chalky paper | |
casierie | treasury | Crucea Rowie | Red cross | |
castel | castle | culme | ridge, summit, peak | |
cqsuyq powtalq | post office box | culoar | passage | |
catalog | catalogue | culoare | color | |
Ckt? | How much? | cumpqra | buy | |
cqtun | hamlet | cupon de rqspuns internayional | international reply coupon | |
ceatal | fork (in a river) | cuprinde | include | |
cec | check, cheque (Brit.) | cuprins | included | |
cecuri postale | postal checks | curat | clean | |
cel mai | most | curier powtal | postal courier | |
cel mai bun | best | curiozitate | curiosity | |
cel mai puyin | least | cursq powtalq auto | postal motor coach | |
cenzurq | censorship | cutie | box | |
cer | sky | cutie de chibrituri | box of matches | |
cernealq | ink | cutie de scrisori | letter box | |
de tipar | printing ink | cutie powtalq | post office box | |
cetate | citadel | cuvānte, cuvinte | word, words | |
chibrit, chibrite | match, matches | |||
chibrituri | matches | |||
chitanyq | receipt | |||
cine | who | |||
circulayie | circulation | |||
Cīt costq? | How much? | |||
citayie judiciarq | summons, subpoena | |||
clqdire | building | |||
clasor | stockbook | |||
cliweu | cliché, negative |
D.
topdantelat | perforated | din deal | on the hill | |
dantelurq | perforation | din padure | of the woods | |
datq | (calendar) date, time | din vale | in the valley | |
data emisiunii | date of issue | doamna | the mistress (cf. domnul) | |
de cqtre, līngq | by | doamnq | lady; Mrs. | |
de-jos | lower | docuri | docks | |
de-mijloc | middle | domeni | domains | |
de-sus | upper | domn | gentleman; Mr. | |
deal | foothill | domni(i) | (the) gentlemen | |
decāt | only, but | domnilor | of, to the gentlemen | |
declarayie vamalq | customs form | domniwoarq | Miss | |
defect | defect, fault | domnul | the gentleman | |
deosebit | unusual | domnului | of, to the gentleman | |
deplasat | displaced | drept, dreaptq | right; straight | |
desen | design | drum | road | |
despre | about | Dunqre | Danube River | |
destinator | addressee | dupq | after | |
devreme | early | dupq plecare | too late (after departure) | |
diligenyq | stage coach |
E.
topemisiune | emission, release | expeditor | sender | |
emisiune (data) | date of issue | expert | expert | |
englez | English | expertizq | examination, experization | |
eroare | error | expoziyie | exhibition | |
eseu | essay | expres | express, special delivery | |
etichet de recomandare | registration label | ezero, ezerul | lagoon, lake | |
expediere | dispatch |
F.
topfabricq | factory | foarte | very | |
factaj | carriage of the mail from post office to address | foarte mult | very much | |
factor powtal | postman, letter carrier | formq de tipar | printing format | |
fals | fake | formular vamal | customs form | |
fāntānq | fountain | fraht | way bill (accompanies a parcel) | |
fqrq | without | francare | franking | |
farmacie | pharmacy, chemist (Brit.) | franco | prepaid, free | |
felicitqri | congratulations | francez | French | |
fer, fier | iron | frate | brother | |
fiecare | each, every | frateli | brothers | |
fierbinte | hot | frumowi | beautiful | |
filatelie | philately | frumoasq | (fem., sing.) | |
filatelist | philatelist | frumoase | (fem., pl.) | |
filigran | watermark | frumos | (masc., sing.) | |
fluviu | river, stream | frumowi | (masc., pl.) |
G.
topgalvanoplastie | electroplating | grqdinq | garden | |
garq | railway station | gratuitq | free (of charge) | |
garaj | garage | greu, grea | heavy (weight) | |
garanyie | guarantee | greutate | weight | |
ghid | guide | grind | levee | |
ghiweu | counter | gros, groasq | thick, heavy | |
ghiweul | booking office, ticket window | gropuri | ||
ghiweu powtal | post office counter | gumq | gum | |
gratatq (hārtie) | ribbed paper (vertically and horizontally) | gumare | gumming | |
grāu | wheat | gurq | mouth |
H.
tophīrtie | paper | heliogravurq | intaglio printing, engraving | |
halq | market-hall | hīrtie | paper | |
halt | railway halt | hīrtie de scris | writing paper | |
hartq | map | hotar | frontier |
I.
topieftin chehīrtii de afaceri | commercial papersap | īnalt | high, tall | |
ilustratq | picture postcard | īngust | narrow | |
imagine | image | īntreg | whole | |
imitayie | imitation (nachdruck) | īntreg powtal | postal stationery | |
īmpreunq | together | indigenq (hkrtie) | native paper | |
imprimate | printed matter | inferior | inferior | |
īnchisoare | enclosure, prison | inscripyie | inscription | |
īnmānarea | insul, insulq | island | ||
īntre | between | īnyepqturq de ac | prick of needle | |
īn timpul | during | interzisq | not permitted | |
īnquntru | inside | inversat | negative design | |
īnainte | before | isvor | spring |
J.
topjos | down, low | judey | county | |
jucqrii | toyshop | jurnal | newspaper |
L.
topla | at, to, in | linie aerianq | airline | |
lac | lake | listq de preyuri | price catalog | |
lampq de cuary | quartz lamp | litografie | lithography | |
lkngq | near | livrare | delivery | |
legayie | legation | livret | booklet | |
lemn | wood | lunq | moon | |
leu | lion | lunar | monthly | |
liber | free (vacant, permitted) | luncq | meadow | |
librqrie | bookshop | lung | long | |
liman | marsh | lupq | magnifying glass | |
limbq | language, tongue |
M.
topmq rog please | please | marinq | navy | |
machetq | design, dummy | masq | table | |
magazin | shop | mawinq | automobile | |
mqgurq | hill | mawinq de francat | postmarking machine | |
mai | more | mawinq de sortat | sorting machine | |
mai bun | better | mqtuwe | aunt | |
mai jos | lower | mersul trenurilor | railway timetable | |
mai mult | much more | mesagerie | parcel post office | |
mai puyin | less | mesagerie powtala | parcel post | |
mai tīrziu | later | mesagerii | parcel post service | |
mamq | mother | mic, micq | small, little | |
mknq | hand | mijloc | middle | |
mknqstire | monastery, convent | mijloc de comunicayie | means of communications | |
mandate | money order | mitoc | ||
mandate powtale | postal money order | moarq | mill | |
mandate telegrafic | telegraphic money order | moftin | ||
marcq, mqrci | (postage) stamp, stamps | monedq | coin | |
marcq fantezistq | bogus stamp, cinderella | movilq | knoll, hillock | |
marcq jubilarq | jubilee stamp | mult | much | |
marcq localq | local stamp | mulyi, multe | many | |
marcq oficialq | official stamp | mulyumesc | thank you | |
marcq uzualq | common stamp | munte, munyi | mountain, mountains | |
mqrci de ziare | newspaper stamps | |||
mare | great, large | |||
mare, marea | sea | |||
Marea Neagrq | Black Sea | |||
Marele Cartier General | General Headquarters (army) | |||
marfq, mqrfuri | goods, merchandise |
N.
topneamy | German | noastra | our | |
nedentelat | imperforate | notq de platq | bill to pay | |
negru | black | nou, nouq | new (m., f.) | |
nevastq | wife | numai | only | |
nelimitatq | unlimited | nume, numele | name, the name | |
nimic | nothing | numerar | cash |
O.
topobiwnuitq | usual, ordinary | oficiu powtal militar | military post office | |
obliterare | cancellation | opri | to stop | |
ocupat | busy, engaged | oprire | stop (traffic sign) | |
odontometru | perforation gauge | oprit | stopped | |
oficial | official | orar | timetable | |
oficiu powtale | post office | oraw, orawul | town, the town | |
oficiu powtal ambulat | travelling post office | oraw | mare city | |
oficiu powtal de tranzit | transit post office | ostrov | river island |
P.
toppachet | packet, parcel | pod | bridge | |
pqdure, -a | wood, forest | podiw | plateau | |
paginq | page (of a book) | poian, -a | glade, clearing | |
palat | palace | port | harbor | |
Palatul Powtelor | main post office, Bucharest | porto | postage, postage due | |
pqmānt | earth | powtq | post (office) | |
papetqrie | stationer | powta centralq | main post office | |
par avion | airmail | powtq aerianq | airmail | |
pqrāu, pārqu | brook | powtq de campanie | military field post | |
parc | park | powta militarq | military post | |
parchet | powta uwoarq | light mail (service) | ||
pqrinte | parent | powta ruralq | rural post | |
particular | private | powtalion | mail coach | |
-pe | - upon (as in Stratford-upon-Avon) | powtqriyq | postwoman | |
pecete | seal | powtaw | postman | |
pensetq | tweezers | poste restante | general delivery, will call | |
pereche | pair | prea mult | too much | |
perforayie | perforation | presentarea | ||
peron | railroad station platform | prey | price | |
pewterq | cave | preyuri curente | prices current | |
piayq | (town) square; market | primar | mayor | |
piatrq | stone | primi | receive | |
pisc | peak, top, summit | primirea | ||
piuq | fulling-mill, mortar | prim zbor | first flight | |
plaiu | plateau | probq | proof | |
plaja | beach | probe de marfq | manufacturer's samples (samples of merchandise) | |
plqtit (q) | paid | punct | point | |
plecare | departure(s) | pune | put | |
plic(uri) | envelope(s) | put | well | |
poartq | door | puyin | little (amount) | |
poate | perhaps |
ramburs | collect-on-delivery | recuvrement | collection order | |
rapid | fast | regat | kingdom | |
raritate | rarity | regatul Romāniei | the Kingdom of Romania | |
rqspuns plqtit | reply paid | rege, regele | king, the king | |
rqsturnat | inverted | reginq | queen | |
rqu | bad | reimprimare | reprint (neudruck) | |
rāu | river, stream (pl. rāuri) | retur | return | |
rqzboi | war | ripsatq (hārtie) | ribbed paper (vertically or horizontally) | |
recepisq | receipt | roatq | wheel | |
reclamq powtalq | post advertisement | romān, romānq | Romanian (noun) | |
recomandatq | registered | romānesc, romāneascq | Romanian (adjective) | |
recomandate | registered | rus, rusesc, ruseascq | Russian |
sqrat(q) | salty | soare | sun | |
sare | salt | sorq | sister | |
sat | village | wosea | road, highway | |
sau | or | sosire | arrival(s) | |
scaun(e) | chair(s) | sosit | arrived | |
schimb | change, exchange | soy | husband | |
wcoalq | school | soyie | wife | |
scrie | write | speculativ | speculative | |
scrisoare | letter | spital | hospital | |
scrisoare simplq | surface mail | splaiu | quai | |
scrisori recomandate | registered letter | stayie | station | |
scump | expensive | stea, steaua, stele | star, the star, stars | |
scurt | short | wtiri | news | |
seacq | strqinqtate | foreign, abroad | ||
secyia de miliyie | police station | stradq | street (abbrev. str.) | |
wef de garq | railway station master | strqpuns | rouletted (perforation) | |
selecyionare | selection, sorting | strqzi | streets | |
semne | marks, signs | subyire | thin | |
semne de recunoawtere | signature | sucursalq | branch office | |
senat | Senate (parliament) | supratipar | surcharge | |
serie | set (of stamps) | surwarj | surcharge | |
sfānt | saint, holy | sus | up, high | |
sigur | sure, certain | warnierq | hinge | |
Siguranya | secret police | wtafetq | courier | |
simplu, simplq | simple, plain | wtampilq | handstamp |
yarq, yqri | country, countries | tipar īn relief | embossed printing | |
tare | hard | tipqrite | printed | |
tārg | market | tipuri | types | |
tarif powtale | postage rate | tiraj | impression | |
tatq | father | tīrziu | late | |
taxq | tax | tot, toatq | everything | |
taxq de platq | postage due | toyi | everybody | |
taxq de ramburs | reimbursement charge | tot, toyi, toate | all | |
teatru | theater | tramvai | street car | |
telefon | telephone | trecutq | past, old, former | |
telegraf | telegraph | tren | train (railroad) | |
telegramq | telegram | tren accelerat | fast train | |
tepe | peak, hill | tren rapid | very fast train | |
timbru, timbre | (revenue) stamp(s) | tren expres | very fast train, international | |
tīmp | time | tren personal | slow passenger train | |
yinut | region | tren local, cursq | slow local train | |
tipar | printing | tren de marfq, mqrfar | goods train | |
tipar adinc | recess printing | trimiteri powtale | ||
tipar īnalt | typography | turn, turnu | tower | |
tipar ofset | offset printing | tutun | tobacco | |
tipar plan | planography, flat printing | tutungerie | tobacconist |
uliya | country road | ungur | Hungarian | |
ultima | last | urgent | urgent | |
ultimul | the last | urmqta | next | |
umed | damp | uwor, uwoarq | light (weight) | |
unchi(u) | uncle | uscat(q) | dry | |
unde | where | utilaj powtal | postal equipment |
V.
topvacq | cow | vapor | (steam) boat | |
vadul | the ford, crossing, road | varietate | variety | |
vagon | railroad car | variantq | variant | |
vagon powtal | postal railway coach | vārf | summit, top | |
valabil | valid | vechiu, veche | old (m., f.) | |
vālcea | valley | vederi | views, picture postcards | |
vale, valea (pl. vqi) | valley, the valley) | vīndut(q) | sold | |
valoare | value | vizq | visa | |
valoare facialq | face value | vizitq | visit | |
valoare declaratq | declared value | vodq | prince | |
valoros, valoroasq | valuable | voivode | duke (originally), prince (later) | |
valutq | currency | vorbq | word | |
vamq | customs | vreme | time; weather | |
vamew | customs officer |
Z.
topzahqr | sugar | ziarist | journalist | |
zbor | flight | zilnic | daily | |
ziare | newspaper |