cursă

See also: cursa, cursá, and cúrsa

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French course.

Noun

cursă f (plural curse)

1. race

Declension

Declension of cursă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cursă	cursa	(niște) curse	cursele
genitive/dative	(unei) curse	cursei	(unor) curse	curselor
vocative	cursă, curso		curselor

Related terms

• cure, curge
• curs
• cursiv

Etymology 2

Substratum word, akin to Albanian kurth, kurthë, or possibly borrowed from it. Alternatively from the feminine of curs, past participle of cure and curge (cf. also Medieval Latin cursa (“incursion”)).

Noun

cursă f (plural curse)

1. trap, ambush
2. snare

Declension

Declension of cursă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cursă	cursa	(niște) curse	cursele
genitive/dative	(unei) curse	cursei	(unor) curse	curselor
vocative	cursă, curso		curselor

Synonyms

• (snare): laț, capcană