cursă

See also: cursa, cursá, and cúrsa

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French course.

Noun

cursă f (plural curse)

1. race

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cursă	cursa		curse	cursele
genitive-dative	curse	cursei		curse	curselor
vocative	cursă, curso			curselor

Related terms

• cure, curge
• curs
• cursiv

Etymology 2

Substratum word, akin to Albanian kurth, kurthë, or possibly borrowed from it. Alternatively from the feminine of curs, past participle of cure and curge (cf. also Medieval Latin cursa (“incursion”)).

Noun

cursă f (plural curse)

1. trap, ambush
2. snare

   Synonyms: laț, capcană

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cursă	cursa		curse	cursele
genitive-dative	curse	cursei		curse	curselor
vocative	cursă, curso			curselor