cățea

See also: catea and cateá

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin catella (“female puppy, young bitch”). Compare Portuguese cadela, Aromanian cãtsauã, cãtsau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈtse̯a]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cățea f (plural cățele, masculine equivalent câine)

1. female dog; bitch
2. (derogatory, of an unpleasant woman) bitch

Declension

Declension of cățea

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cățea	cățeaua	(niște) cățele	cățelele
genitive/dative	(unei) cățele	cățelei	(unor) cățele	cățelelor
vocative	cățea		cățelelor

Related terms

• cățel

See also

• câine

References

• Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 219