Romanian Genealogical Word List

Introduction
Romanian is an inflected language. This means that the endings of words can change depending on how they are grammatically used. The words on this list may be encountered in a different form than that which is listed here. The following are endings which are commonly found. Plural endings: -i, -e , -le , and -uri. Plural endings can change the spelling of the original word. For example, d in singular can become z in plural, a can become e. "of" and "for": on singular words, the endings -ui, -lui , -ei , and -lei can mean "of" or "for." On plural words, the endings -or and -lor can mean "of" or "for". "the": the endings -le and -ul can mean "the".

Printed Resources
Romanian/English Dictionaries:
 * Sădeanu, Florenţa. English-Rumanian conversation book = Ǵhid de conversaţie englez-romîn. Bucureşti, Romania : Editura Ştiinţifica, 1963. (FHL call no. 459.8 Sa15e; microfilm 1045420 Item 2)
 * Leviţchi, Leon. Dicţionar englez-român. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. (FHL microfilm 1181561 Item 2)

Romanian dictionaries use the Romanian alphabetical order, i.e. letters with little marks above or below are alphabetized after letters without marks. Thus ă comes after a, ș comes after s , ț comes after t, etc.