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borcan

Română

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borcan¹

  • /borˈkan/

Rhymes with -an

Where it comes from

Uncertain. Possible etymologies:

* If an internal development, augmentative of boroacă (“swelling”) inherited from Latin verrūca (“wart”), or a cognate of Italian brocca, inherited from Vulgar Latin *brocca, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόχοος (prókhoos, “vessel for water”).

* Borrowed from Hungarian bokál (“pitcher”) (possibly through Serbian), from Italian boccale, inherited from Late Latin baucalis, from Ancient Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”).

* Borrowed from Hungarian borkancsó (“wine pitcher”) (from bor (“wine”) + kancsó (“pitcher, jug”)) or borkanna (“wine jug”) (from bor (“wine”) + kanna (“jug, pot”)).

noun borcane · borcan · borcanul · borcanele

  1. neuter jar
  2. neuter jarful

Borcan²

Where it comes from

From borcan.

proper noun lui Borcan

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • jar small, approximately cylindrical container

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"borcan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/borcan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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borcan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/borcan

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"borcan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/borcan.

BibTeX
@misc{borcan_2026,
  title = {borcan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/borcan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}