Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or *osma, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Italian orma, Romanian urmă, also Spanish husma and Venetan usma.

urma f (plural urme)

1. footprint
2. footstep, step
3. trace, mark

urma

1. downfall, collapse, ruin

• urmay

From urmă, perhaps connected to a Vulgar Latin root *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Italian ormare, ormeggiare, also Spanish husmear, husmar, Old French osmer, Venetan usmar. Also compare adulmeca.

• IPA^(key): /urˈma/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ur‧ma

a urma (third-person singular present urmează, past participle urmat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or intransitive) to follow (go where someone else goes, not in pursuit) [with direct object; or (obsolete) with dative]

   Asistenții îl urmează pe doctor în salon.

   The assistants follow the doctor into the hospital room.

   • 1897 February 8, Ion Luca Caragiale, “C. A. Rosetti”, in Epoca [The Epoch], year 3, number 371, page 2:

     ― In numele legiĭ, eștĭ arestat!… Urmează-mĕ!

     [― În numele legii, ești arestat!… Urmează-mă!]

     “In the name of the law, you are arrested!… Follow me!”

2. (transitive or intransitive) to follow (be someone’s follower or partner)
3. (invariable) to be going to

• urmare
• următor

• urmări

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.ma/

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• Rhymes: -urma
• Hyphenation: ur‧ma

urma f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of urmă (“track; mark”)

• “urma”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /ǔrma/
• Hyphenation: ur‧ma

ùrma f (Cyrillic spelling у̀рма)

1. Alternative form of hurma

• “urma”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025