These are the 100 most useful Romanian words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday Romanian.
| # | Word | Romanian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | mărul |
| 2 | the book | cartea |
| 3 | the cat | pisica |
| 4 | the dog | câinele |
| 5 | the car | mașina |
| 6 | the house | casa |
| 7 | the chair | scaunul |
| 8 | the table | masa |
| 9 | the window | fereastra |
| 10 | the door | ușa |
| 11 | the pencil | creionul |
| 12 | the paper | hârtia |
| 13 | the school | școala |
| 14 | the teacher | profesorul |
| 15 | the student | studentul |
| 16 | the boy | băiatul |
| 17 | the girl | fata |
| 18 | the adult | adultul |
| 19 | the friend | prietenul |
| 20 | the tree | copacul |
| 21 | the flower | floarea |
| 22 | the river | râul |
| 23 | the mountain | muntele |
| 24 | the beach | plaja |
| 25 | the sun | soarele |
| 26 | the moon | luna |
| 27 | the star | steaua |
| 28 | the cloud | norul |
| 29 | the rain | ploaia |
| 30 | the snow | zăpada |
| 31 | the wind | vântul |
| 32 | the fire | focul |
| 33 | the water | apa |
| 34 | the food | mâncarea |
| 35 | the drink | băutura |
| 36 | the cup | ceașca |
| 37 | the bottle | sticla |
| 38 | the plate | farfuria |
| 39 | the spoon | lingura |
| 40 | the fork | furculița |
| 41 | the knife | cuțitul |
| 42 | the breakfast | micul dejun |
| 43 | the lunch | prânzul |
| 44 | the dinner | cina |
| 45 | the fruit | fructul |
| 46 | the vegetable | leguma |
| 47 | the bread | pâinea |
| 48 | the butter | untul |
| 49 | the cheese | brânza |
| 50 | the milk | laptele |
| 51 | the coffee | cafeaua |
| 52 | the tea | ceaiul |
| 53 | the juice | sucul |
| 54 | the soda | sucul acidulat |
| 55 | the chocolate | ciocolata |
| 56 | the candy | bomboana |
| 57 | the cookie | biscuitul |
| 58 | the cake | prăjitura |
| 59 | the rice | orezul |
| 60 | the pasta | pastele |
| 61 | the fish | peștele |
| 62 | the chicken | puiul |
| 63 | the beef | carnea de vită |
| 64 | the egg | oul |
| 65 | the soup | supa |
| 66 | the salad | salata |
| 67 | the sandwich | sandvișul |
| 68 | the pizza | pizza |
| 69 | the ice cream | înghețata |
| 70 | the cereal | cerealele |
| 71 | the honey | mierea |
| 72 | the sugar | zahărul |
| 73 | the salt | sarea |
| 74 | the pepper | piperul |
| 75 | the tomato | roșia |
| 76 | the potato | cartoful |
| 77 | the onion | ceapa |
| 78 | the carrot | morcovul |
| 79 | the lettuce | salata verde |
| 80 | the cucumber | castravetele |
| 81 | the banana | banana |
| 82 | the orange | portocala |
| 83 | the grapefruit | grepfrutul |
| 84 | the strawberry | căpșuna |
| 85 | the grape | strugurele |
| 86 | the lemon | lămâia |
| 87 | the lime | limeta |
| 88 | the cherry | cireașa |
| 89 | the watermelon | pepenele roșu |
| 90 | the pineapple | ananasul |
| 91 | the mango | mango |
| 92 | the kiwi | kiwi |
| 93 | the peach | piersica |
| 94 | the pear | para |
| 95 | the plum | pruna |
| 96 | the berry | fructul de pădure |
| 97 | the melon | pepenele galben |
| 98 | the phone | telefonul |
| 99 | the computer | calculatorul |
| 100 | the television | televizorul |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in Romanian - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with native-speaker audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.