nasture

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Italian nastro. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *nastula, from Proto-West Germanic *nastilu, or alternatively borrowed from the Italian word several centuries ago in the early modern era, originally in a form *nastru, with a plural *nastruri, with the loss of the first -r- and made singular analogically later.

Noun

nasture m (plural nasturi)

1. button (clothing)

Declension

Declension of nasture

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nasture	nasturele	(niște) nasturi	nasturii
genitive/dative	(unui) nasture	nasturelui	(unor) nasturi	nasturilor
vocative	nasture		nasturilor

See also

• buton