plutibil

Romanian

Etymology

From pluti (“to float”) +‎ -bil (“-able”), with the verb assuming the transitive meaning, otherwise not found, of “to traverse by raft”. Its very rare existing transitive sense instead refers to conveying by raft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pluˈti.bil/
• Rhymes: -ibil
• Hyphenation: plu‧ti‧bil

Adjective

plutibil m or n (feminine singular plutibilă, masculine plural plutibili, feminine and neuter plural plutibile)

1. (rare) raftable (navigable by raft)

Declension

Declension of plutibil

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	plutibil		plutibilă		plutibili	plutibile
	definite	plutibilul		plutibila		plutibilii	plutibilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	plutibil		plutibile		plutibili	plutibile
	definite	plutibilului		plutibilei		plutibililor	plutibilelor

Further reading

• plutibil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1977), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 879