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cataramă

Română

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cataramă¹

Where it comes from

Unknown.

* From Transylvanian Saxon Kattenramen, from Katten (“chain”) + Ramen (“strap”). Compare German Kette (“chain”) + Riemen (“strap”).

* From Ottoman Turkish قانتارمه (kantarma, “bit from horse tack”) itself from Medieval Greek kartalamon, from Celtic kartamera (Ioannes Lydus, De magistratibus 13)

noun catarame · cataramă · catarama · cataramele

  1. feminine buckle

Cataramă²

Where it comes from

From cataramă.

proper noun lui Cataramă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • buckle metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike

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MLA

"cataramă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cataram%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cataramă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cataram%C4%83

Chicago

"cataramă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cataram%C4%83.

BibTeX
@misc{catarama_2026,
  title = {cataramă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cataram%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}