câte

See also: cate, Cate, caté, and câté

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɨ.te/

Etymology 1

Adjective

câte

1. feminine plural of cât

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cata, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá). The normal result in old Romanian would have been *cătă, later *căte, and was influenced by cât (see the above etymology). Compare Spanish and Portuguese cada, Occitan cadun, French chacun, Italian cadauno.

Adverb

câte

1. in groups of, in series of (used to indicate a collective or distributive numeral, and often used with a number)

   unul câte unul

   one by one

   câte doi

   two each, in twos, two at a time

Derived terms

• câtelea
• câteodată