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copil

Pronunciation: /koˈpil/

“copil” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. child

In Romanian

  1. băiat sau fată în primii ani ai vieții (până la adolescență).
  2. tânăr, adolescent.
  3. fiu, fiică.
  4. (fig.) om naiv, fără experiență.
  5. lăstar crescut de la baza tulpinii unei plante, din primul nod.
  6. cui special fixat în stâlpul ușii sau al porții, pe care se îmbracă țâțâna.

Etymology

Formerly ‘bastard’, compare with Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κοπέλα (kopéla). Alternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word. Compare Aromanian cochil, Megleno-Romanian copil (“bastard”), cupilaș (“child”).

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