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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	palincă	palinca		palinci	palincile
genitive-dative	palinci	palincii		palinci	palincilor
vocative	palincă, palinco			palincilor

Synonyms

• (brandy): rachiu
• (tsuica): țuică

Derived terms

• pălincuță, palincuță

See also

• coniac