Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Formerly ‘bastard’, probably from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ (shoot, sprout; bastard) (compare Ukrainian копил (kopyl) or копиля (kopylja), Serbo-Croatian копиле (kȍpile), Bulgarian ко́пеле (kópele)), from *kopàti (to dig, cultivate). Also borrowed into Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos). Alternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word. Compare Aromanian cochil, Megleno-Romanian copil (bastard), cupilaș (child).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈpil/
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  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: co‧pil

Noun

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copil m (plural copii, feminine equivalent copilă)

  1. child
    Am doi copii.
    I have two children.

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