cotor

See also: Cotor and coțor

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly of expressive origin (cf. cotrobăi). Unlikely to be from either Hungarian kötö (“bundled strongly”), Latin captorius, Latin *coactorium (“place where two objects come together”) or from Serbo-Croatian katarište (“flag lance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈtor/

Noun

cotor n (plural cotoare)

stalk, stem (bottom part of cabbage, salad etc.)
spine (of a book)
apple core

Declension

Declension of cotor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cotor	cotorul	(niște) cotoare	cotoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) cotor	cotorului	(unor) cotoare	cotoarelor
vocative	cotorule		cotoarelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani kotor (“piece”), possibly borrowed from the same Romanian cotor.

Noun

cotor n (uncountable)

(slang, archaic) money
Synonym: bani

Declension

declension of cotor (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cotor	cotorul
genitive/dative	(unui) cotor	cotorului
vocative	cotorule

References

cotor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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