gâscă
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- гыскэ (gîscă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian гъска (gǎska), from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gâscă f (plural gâște, masculine equivalent gâscan or gânsac)
- goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)
- (specifically) female goose
- (figurative, derogatory) goose (stupid person, especially a woman)
Declension edit
Declension of gâscă
References edit
- gâscă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)