cântar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centenarius, partially through the intermediate of Greek καντάρι (kantári). Doublet of centenar.

• IPA^(key): /kɨnˈtar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: cân‧tar

cântar n (plural cântare)

1. scale (device used to measure weight); originally a steelyard
2. (historical) a unit of mass equivalent to about 50 kilogrammes

• cântări
• trage la cântar

• balanță
• cumpănă

• cântar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)