tocilar
Romanian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittocilar m (plural tocilari)
- knifegrinder (person who sharpens knives)
- (figurative, derogatory) crammer (student who learns mechanically and without understanding)
Usage notes
editTocilar has been used as an equivalent to English nerd (“person involved in unconventional subcultures”) in translated media, though this is not a sense that would be found in normal usage.
Declension
editDeclension of tocilar
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tocilar | tocilarul | (niște) tocilari | tocilarii |
genitive/dative | (unui) tocilar | tocilarului | (unor) tocilari | tocilarilor |
vocative | tocilarule | tocilarilor |
References
edit- tocilar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1983), Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 11, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 379