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Doina meaning

A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.

Using Doina

  • The main meaning on this page is: A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.
  • In the example corpus, doina often appears in combinations such as: of doina.

Context around Doina

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

musicians 1×

Sentence patterns with Doina

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

hand of doina s husband 1× moldovan musicians doina and ion 1× recording of doina de jale 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also the moldovan 1× it was lunchtime 1× zamfir s big 1×

Common sentence endings:

as its theme 1× fourth floor window 1× the romanian language 1×

Words around Doina

Just before it in the word index:

doin 25 doillon 2 doilies 6 doiley 4 doig 22 doidge 8

Just after it in the word index:

doinel 4 doing 19.542 doings 33 doink 6 doinks 3 doinyo 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aaravos 5

Corpus analysis for Doina

  • In this selection, "doina" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, musicians stand out and add context to how "doina" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include hand of doina s husband and moldovan musicians doina and ion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "doina" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with doina

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Also, the Moldovan musicians Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici performed a song called "The Romanian language". (16 words)

It was lunchtime on March 3 when Coco flew from the hand of Doina’s husband, Gheorge, right out an open fourth-floor window. (24 words)

Zamfir's big break in the English-speaking world came when the BBC religious television programme "The Light of Experience" adopted his recording of "Doina De Jale", a traditional Romanian funeral song, as its theme. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

Zamfir's big break in the English-speaking world came when the BBC religious television programme "The Light of Experience" adopted his recording of "Doina De Jale", a traditional Romanian funeral song, as its theme. (35 words)

It was lunchtime on March 3 when Coco flew from the hand of Doina’s husband, Gheorge, right out an open fourth-floor window. (24 words)

Also, the Moldovan musicians Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici performed a song called "The Romanian language". (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

It was lunchtime on March 3 when Coco flew from the hand of Doina’s husband, Gheorge, right out an open fourth-floor window.

Also, the Moldovan musicians Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici performed a song called "The Romanian language".

Zamfir's big break in the English-speaking world came when the BBC religious television programme "The Light of Experience" adopted his recording of "Doina De Jale", a traditional Romanian funeral song, as its theme.

Common combinations with doina

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of doina 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "doina" in a sentence?
An example: "It was lunchtime on March 3 when Coco flew from the hand of Doina’s husband, Gheorge, right out an open fourth-floor window." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "doina" from authentic English texts.
What does "doina" mean?
Doina means: A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.
How many example sentences with "doina" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "doina", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.