cioară

== Romanian == === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly a substratum word of Dacian and ultimately Indo-European origin, related to Albanian sorrë, or borrowed from it; compare Aromanian cioarã, tsoarã. Also seemingly related to several Italo-Romance dialect cognates, compare Friulian çore, Calabrian ciola, Neapolitan ciàula, Sicilian ciaula and Tarantino ciola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃo̯a.rə/ === Noun === cioară f (plural ciori) crow (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) slur for a dark-skinned person, especially a Roma/Gypsy. Less usual, a slur for a black person Synonyms: țigan, negru ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cioroi ==== See also ==== alunar corb corvid coțofană cronc gaiță === References ===