cusur

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قصور (kusur), from Arabic قُصُور (quṣūr). First attested in c. 1700.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈsur/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: cu‧sur

cusur n (plural cusururi)

1. flaw, blemish, defect

   Synonyms: beteșug, defect, hibă, imperfecțiune, lipsă, meteahnă, neajuns, ponos, scădere, tară

   fără cusur ― flawless

2. (dated, money) change

   Synonym: rest

3. (obsolete, finance) outstanding sum (what remains to be paid)
4. (obsolete) mistake, wrong

• cusurgiu
• cusur subțire
• face cusur

• “cusur”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1940), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 1, part 2, Bucharest, pages 1045–1046