vâltoare

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *voltoria < *volutoria, from Latin volutus, from volvō (roll, tumble). Compare Aromanian vãltoari. Alternatively perhaps linked to the related root *volutulāre (cf. Italian voltolare).

Noun

vâltoare f (plural vâltori)

  1. whirlpool, vortex

Declension

Declension of vâltoare
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vâltoare vâltoarea vâltori vâltorile
genitive-dative vâltori vâltorii vâltori vâltorilor
vocative vâltoare, vâltoareo vâltorilor

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