juvete

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from Ukrainian живе́ць (žyvécʹ, fry, small fish), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix altered to diminutive -ete.

Noun

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juvete m (plural juveți)

  1. fry, any small fish
  2. nickname applied to Oltenians (Romanians from Oltenia, in Romania)

Declension

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