vâltoare
Romanian
Alternative forms
- vultoare — popular
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | vâltoare | vâltoarea | vâltori | vâltorile | |
| genitive-dative | vâltori | vâltorii | vâltori | vâltorilor | |
| vocative | vâltoare, vâltoareo | vâltorilor | |||