cotor

See also: Cotor and coțor

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly of expressive origin (cf. cotrobăi). Unlikely to be from either Hungarian kötö (“bundled strongly”), Latin captorius, Latin *coactorium (“place where two objects come together”) or from Serbo-Croatian katarište (“flag lance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtor/

Noun

cotor n (plural cotoare)

1. stalk, stem (bottom part of cabbage, salad etc.)
2. spine (of a book)
3. apple core

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cotor	cotorul		cotoare	cotoarele
genitive-dative	cotor	cotorului		cotoare	cotoarelor
vocative	cotorule			cotoarelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani kotor (“piece”), possibly borrowed from the same Romanian cotor.

Noun

cotor n (uncountable)

1. (slang, archaic) money

   Synonym: bani

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cotor	cotorul
genitive-dative	cotor	cotorului
vocative	cotorule

References

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