plăivais

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bleiweiß (“white lead”), via a regional Wanderwort also found in Hungarian as plajbász and other neighbouring languages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pləjˈvais/
  • Hyphenation: plăi‧vais
  • Rhymes: -ais

Noun

plăivais m (plural plăivaisuri)

  1. (dated, Transylvania) pencil

References

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