palancă

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palancă

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Borrowed from Polish palanka or Hungarian palánk, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Compare the inherited doublet părângă.

noun pălănci · palancă · palanca · pălăncile

archaic, feminine palisade; palisaded fortification
Similar: palisadă
feminine, regional a basic wooden construction used as a fence or shelter for farm animals

In English

palisade wall of wooden stakes

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@misc{palanca_2026,
  title = {palancă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/palanc%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}