nucă

From Latin nux, nucem.^[1]

nucă f (plural nuț)

1. nut tree

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

From nuc, or from Latin nux, nucem, probably with later adjustment to a standard feminine form ending in -ă. In Romanian, the names of nuts or fruits are usually feminine while the names of the corresponding trees or bushes are masculine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnukə/
• Rhymes: -ukə
• Hyphenation: nu‧că

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nucă f (plural nuci)

1. walnut
2. nut

• nucet

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