cotor

See also: Cotor and coțor

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly of expressive origin (cf. cotrobăi). Unlikely to be from either Hungarian kötö (“bundled strongly”), Latin captorius, Latin *coactorium (“place where two objects come together”) or from Serbo-Croatian katarište (“flag lance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtor/

Noun

cotor n (plural cotoare)

1. stalk, stem (bottom part of cabbage, salad etc.)
2. spine (of a book)
3. apple core

Declension

Declension of cotor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cotor	cotorul	(niște) cotoare	cotoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) cotor	cotorului	(unor) cotoare	cotoarelor
vocative	cotorule		cotoarelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani kotor (“piece”), possibly borrowed from the same Romanian cotor.

Noun

cotor n (uncountable)

1. (slang, archaic) money

   Synonym: bani

Declension

declension of cotor (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cotor	cotorul
genitive/dative	(unui) cotor	cotorului
vocative	cotorule

References

• cotor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)