catran

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطران (katran), from Arabic قَطْرَان (qaṭrān). Doublet of gudron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtran/

Noun

catran n (plural catranuri)

1. (uncountable) tar
2. (countable) type of tar

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	catran	catranul		catranuri	catranurile
genitive-dative	catran	catranului		catranuri	catranurilor
vocative	catranule			catranurilor

Derived terms

• cătrăni

Further reading

• “catran”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025