oricând
Romanian
Alternative forms
- oricînd — 1953–1993 spelling
- орькынд (oricînd) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
From ori- (“any”) + când (“when”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌorʲˈkɨnd/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨnd
- Hyphenation: ori‧când
Adverb
oricând
- anytime
- Synonyms: (obsolete) fiecând, (archaic) fieștecând, (obsolete) vericând, (regional or literary) orișicând
- ca oricând ― than ever
Related terms
Further reading
- “oricând”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1969), “oricînd”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române, volume 7, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 302–303