tocilar
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tocilar m (plural tocilari)
- knifegrinder (person who sharpens knives)
- (figurative, derogatory) crammer (student who learns mechanically and without understanding)
Usage notes[edit]
Tocilar has been used as an equivalent to English nerd (“person involved in unconventional subcultures”) in translated media, though this is not a sense that would be found in normal usage.
Declension[edit]
Declension of tocilar
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tocilar | tocilarul | (niște) tocilari | tocilarii |
genitive/dative | (unui) tocilar | tocilarului | (unor) tocilari | tocilarilor |
vocative | tocilarule | tocilarilor |
References[edit]
- tocilar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1983), Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 11, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 379