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căpușă

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căpușă¹

  • /kəˈpu.ʃə/

Where it comes from

Substratum word, akin to or derived from Albanian këpushë, or from a diminutive of cap + -ușă. Also cognate to Aromanian cãpush(ã), dialectal Bulgarian капуш (kapuš).

noun căpușe · căpușă · căpușa · căpușele

  1. feminine tick
  2. feminine castor oil plant, palm of Christ (Ricinus communis).
  3. feminine bud on a grapevine.
  4. feminine, obsolete strawberry (see căpșună)

Căpușă²

Where it comes from

From căpușă.

proper noun lui Căpușă

  1. masculine a surname

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MLA

"căpușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

căpușă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83

Chicago

"căpușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83.

BibTeX
@misc{ca_pus_a_2026,
  title = {căpușă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}