borcan

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. If an internal development, augmentative of boroacă (“swelling”) inherited from Latin verrūca (“wart”), or a cognate of Italian brocca, inherited from Vulgar Latin *brocca, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόχοος (prókhoos, “vessel for water”). Otherwise, borrowed from Hungarian bokál (“pitcher”) (possibly through Serbian), from Italian boccale, inherited from Late Latin baucalis, from Ancient Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”).

Not, as claimed by many dictionaries, from Hungarian *borkancsó, as this compound of bor (“wine”) +‎ kancsó (“jug”) is not actually attested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /borˈkan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: bor‧can

Noun

borcan n (plural borcane)

1. jar
2. jarful

Declension

Declension of borcan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) borcan	borcanul	(niște) borcane	borcanele
genitive/dative	(unui) borcan	borcanului	(unor) borcane	borcanelor
vocative	borcanule		borcanelor

References

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