năpârcă

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năpârcă¹

  • /nəˈpɨrkə/

Where it comes from

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprătăk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.

noun năpârci · năpârcă · năpârca · năpârcile

  1. feminine grass snake
  2. feminine slowworm, blindworm
  3. common, feminine viper

    Similar: viperă

Năpârcă²

Where it comes from

From năpârcă.

proper noun lui Năpârcă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • viper a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae
  • slowworm Anguis fragilis

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"năpârcă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/n%C4%83p%C3%A2rc%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

năpârcă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/n%C4%83p%C3%A2rc%C4%83

Chicago

"năpârcă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/n%C4%83p%C3%A2rc%C4%83.

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@misc{na_pa_rca_2026,
  title = {năpârcă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/n%C4%83p%C3%A2rc%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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