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țăran¹

  • [t͡səˈran]

Where it comes from

From țară (“country, land”) + -ean, from Latin terra (“land, earth”), or Inherited from Vulgar Latin *terriānus, from Latin terra + -iānus. Given the presence of -an- instead of -ân-, the initial form must have been țărean (which is now archaic or dialectal).

noun țărani · equivalent țărancă · țăran · țăranul · țăranii

  1. masculine peasant, countryman
  2. masculine hick, oaf, hillbilly
  3. derogatory, masculine an uneducated or brutish person

Similar: câmpean

Țăran²

Where it comes from

From țăran.

proper noun lui Țăran

  1. masculine a surname originating as an occupation

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: câmpean

In English

  • boor a peasant
  • yokel a person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or n
  • peasant member of the agriculture low class
  • bumpkin yokel
  • country bumpkin unsophisticated person from a rural area
  • hick country yokel or hillbilly

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MLA

"țăran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/%C8%9B%C4%83ran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

țăran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C8%9B%C4%83ran

Chicago

"țăran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C8%9B%C4%83ran.

BibTeX
@misc{t_a_ran_2026,
  title = {țăran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C8%9B%C4%83ran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}