staroste

French

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Noun

staroste m (plural starostes)

1. starosta

Further reading

• “staroste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic старость (starostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starostь (“old age”), from *starъ (“old”). Compare Russian староста (starosta, “bailiff, village elder, churchwarden”), Polish starosta (“leader”).

Noun

staroste m (plural starosti)

1. guildmaster
2. (historical) governor of a peripheral region of Moldavia
3. master of ceremonies at a wedding
4. abbot

Declension

Declension of staroste

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) staroste	starostele	(niște) starosti	starostii
genitive/dative	(unui) staroste	starostelui	(unor) starosti	starostilor
vocative	staroste		starostilor