boacter
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hungarian bakter, from German Wächter (“watchman, guard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]boacter m (plural boacteri) (dialectal, Transylvania)
- (dated) night watchman, railway guard
- (dated) municipal officer responsible for collecting taxes
- (dated) canton keeper
- (dated) policeman
- (dated) village drummer or town crier
- (colloquial) ticket inspector
- 2014 July 11, Liviu Alexa, Boacterii Clujului sunt luați la mișto pe Facebook[1]:
- “Dacă umbli cu 25-ul de noapte, după ora 22:00, nu uita să compostezi, e plin de boacteri!”
- “If you're taking the night bus number 25 after 10 PM, don’t forget to validate your ticket—it’s full of ticket inspectors!”
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | boacter | boacterul | boacteri | boacterii |
| genitive-dative | boacter | boacterului | boacteri | boacterilor |
| vocative | boacterule | boacterilor | ||
References
[edit]- “boacter”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
- “boactăr”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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