vâltoare

Romanian

Alternative forms

• vultoare — popular

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *voltoria, from Latin volutus, from volvō (“roll, tumble”). Compare Aromanian vãltoari. Alternatively perhaps linked to the related root *volutulāre (cf. Italian voltolare).

Noun

vâltoare f (plural vâltori)

1. whirlpool, vortex

Declension

Declension of vâltoare

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) vâltoare	vâltoarea	(niște) vâltori	vâltorile
genitive/dative	(unei) vâltori	vâltorii	(unor) vâltori	vâltorilor
vocative	vâltoare, vâltoareo		vâltorilor

See also

• volbură
• vârtej