câte
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Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
câte
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Latin cata, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá). The normal result in old Romanian would have been *cătă, later *căte, and was influenced by cât (see the above etymology). Compare Spanish and Portuguese cada, Occitan cadun, French chacun, Italian cadauno.
Adverb[edit]
câte
- in groups of, in series of (used to indicate a collective or distributive numeral, and often used with a number)
- câte doi
- two each, in twos, two at a time