flăcău

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from făt through a form *fătlău, or from Old Church Slavonic хлакъ (xlakŭ, “unmarried”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈkəw/

Noun

flăcău m (plural flăcăi)

1. lad, youth

   Synonyms: tânăr, june

2. bachelor, single or unmarried man

   Synonym: burlac

Declension

Declension of flăcău

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) flăcău	flăcăul	(niște) flăcăi	flăcăii
genitive/dative	(unui) flăcău	flăcăului	(unor) flăcăi	flăcăilor
vocative	flăcăule		flăcăilor

Derived terms

• flăcăuș

Further reading

• flăcău in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)