datorie

Romanian

Etymology

From dator (“debtor”) +‎ -ie, from Latin dēbitor (“debtor”). Sense 3 results from conflation with the verb da (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.toˈri.e/

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• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: da‧to‧ri‧e

Noun

datorie f (plural datorii)

1. debt
2. duty

   Synonyms: datorință (dated), îndatorire

4. (obsolete) what has been given
5. (folk poetic) habit, custom

Related terms

• datora
• datorită
• datornic

Further reading

• “datorie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025