Moldavian
noun, adjective
Moldavian is a noun meaning “An inhabitant or citizen of the former Principality of Moldavia or Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-L-D-A-V-I-A-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Moldavian is Moldavians.
What does Moldavian mean?
noun
- 1
An inhabitant or citizen of the former Principality of Moldavia or Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 2
datedDated form of Moldovan.
adjective
- 1
Relating to Moldavia (the former principality or Soviet SSR).
- 2
datedDated form of Moldovan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Moldavian?
Moldavian has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Moldavian
- Moldavians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Moldavian?
Moldavian appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Moldavian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inhabitant of the Moldavia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | moldavo, moldovo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Moldavian come from?
From Moldavia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).