By surface analysis, para- + ot- + -id, literally “near the ear”.
parotid (not comparable)
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parotid (plural parotids)
Borrowed from French parotide.
parotid m or n (feminine singular parotidă, masculine plural parotizi, feminine and neuter plural parotide)
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | parotid | parotidă | parotizi | parotide | |||
definite | parotidul | parotida | parotizii | parotidele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | parotid | parotide | parotizi | parotide | |||
definite | parotidului | parotidei | parotizilor | parotidelor |