scaun
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Alternative forms
- scamn (regional, rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin scamnum. For the change of -m- into -u- after -a-, compare Latin damnum > Romanian daună. Compare also Aromanian scamnu, Megleno-Romanian scand, Istro-Romanian scånd.
Pronunciation
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Noun
scaun n (plural scaune)
- chair, seat
- stool
- (figurative) throne, seat of power, by extension capital
- (figurative) residence
- butcher's block
- (figurative) stool, as in the sense of fecal matter eliminated
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