tocilar

== Romanian == === Etymology === From tocilă +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /to.t͡ʃiˈlar/ Rhymes: -ar Hyphenation: to‧ci‧lar === Noun === tocilar m (plural tocilari) knifegrinder (person who sharpens knives) (figurative, derogatory) crammer (student who learns mechanically and without understanding) (loosely) nerd (one more involved in studying than in social activities) ==== Usage notes ==== Tocilar has been used as an equivalent to English nerd (“person involved in unconventional subcultures”) in translated media, though this is not a sense that would be found in normal usage. ==== Declension ==== === References === “tocilar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1983), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[1], volume 11, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 379