cumătru

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from a Common Slavic *kъmotrъ < Latin compater. However, the corresponding forms in other Slavic languages are different, such as Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian kum, Serbian kumak, which leads some linguists to propose that the Romanian word may have been derived analogically as a masculine from the related feminine form cumătră, and this possibly directly from Latin commāter, commātrem. Compare Spanish comadre, Italian comare, French commère.

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Noun

cumătru m (plural cumetri, feminine equivalent cumătră)

1. godfather (of one's child)
2. (regional, familiar) term used to address others of the same age, used more often in the countryside

Declension

Declension of cumătru

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cumătru	cumătrul	(niște) cumetri	cumetrii
genitive/dative	(unui) cumătru	cumătrului	(unor) cumetri	cumetrilor
vocative	cumătrule, cumetre		cumetrilor

Synonyms

• naș, nun