cataramă

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

  • From Transylvanian Saxon Kattenramen, from Katten (“chain”) +‎ Ramen (“strap”). Compare German Kette (“chain”) + Riemen (“strap”).
  • From Ottoman Turkish قانتارمه (kantarma, “bit from horse tack”) itself from Byzantine Greek kartalamon, from Celtic kartamera (Ioannes Lydus, De magistratibus 13)

Noun

cataramă f (plural catarame)

  1. buckle

Declension

Declension of cataramă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cataramă catarama catarame cataramele
genitive-dative catarame cataramei catarame cataramelor
vocative cataramă, cataramo cataramelor
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