palincă

Romanian

Alternative forms

• pălincă

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian pálinka, itself from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *paliti (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈlin.kə/, /ˈpa.lin.kə/
• Rhymes: -inkə
• Hyphenation: pa‧lin‧că

Noun

palincă f (plural palinci)

1. (regional) brandy, tuica, tsuica

Declension

Declension of palincă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) palincă	palinca	(niște) palinci	palincile
genitive/dative	(unei) palinci	palincii	(unor) palinci	palincilor
vocative	palincă, palinco		palincilor

Synonyms

• (brandy): rachiu
• (tsuica): țuică

Derived terms

• pălincuță, palincuță

See also

• coniac