Made in Romanian

Where the Romanian word “rafinat” comes from

Made in Romanian.

DEX ’98 says

V. rafina. Cf. fr. raffiné. → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

In the main count it counts as: French

In film dialogue

5.2 times per million words · number 6,005 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

6.8 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
2.5	3.7	8.3	20	7.9

Swap in a synonym

ales (Made in Romanian), fin (French), șiret (Turkish), crud (Inherited Latin), delicat (French), subtil (French), viclean (Hungarian), stilat (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

din, pentru, cel, dacă, sau, prin, ceva, numi, despre, îî, dintre, vorbi