caterincă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian катеринка (katerynka), from French Catherine, as one of the first songs to be played on the barrel organ was Charmante Catherine. Compare Russian шарманка (šarmanka).

Noun

caterincă f (plural caterinci)

1. (dated) barrel organ

   Synonym: flașnetă

2. (figuratively, slang) mockery

Declension

Declension of caterincă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) caterincă	caterinca	(niște) caterinci	caterincile
genitive/dative	(unei) caterinci	caterincii	(unor) caterinci	caterincilor
vocative	caterincă, caterinco		caterincilor