gâscă

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === gîscă — 1953–1993 spelling гыскэ (gîscă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Bulgarian гъска (gǎska), from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɨs.kə/ Rhymes: -ɨskə Hyphenation: gâs‧că === Noun === gâscă f (plural gâște, masculine equivalent gâscan or gânsac) goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae) (specifically) female goose (figurative, derogatory) goose (stupid person, especially a woman) ==== Declension ==== === References === “gâscă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026