caterincă
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ukrainian катеринка (katerynka), from French Catherine, as one of the first songs to be played on the barrel organ was Charmante Catherine. Compare Russian шарманка (šarmanka).
Noun
[edit]caterincă f (plural caterinci)
- (dated) barrel organ
- Synonym: flașnetă
- (figuratively, slang) mockery
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | caterincă | caterinca | caterinci | caterincile | |
| genitive-dative | caterinci | caterincii | caterinci | caterincilor | |
| vocative | caterincă, caterinco | caterincilor | |||