Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Cf. Slavic vinicije ("vineyard"). See also an alternative and rarer folk name for the month, vinimeriu, which some linguists have derived from Latin vindemiārius, from vīndēmia.[1] Compare the Friulian folk name for September, mês de vendeme, and southern Italian innegna, also from vīndēmia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vinicer m (uncountable)

  1. (popular/folk usage) September
    Synonyms: (standard) septembrie; (popular/folk name) răpciune

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