Controalelor

Controalelor is a form that does not appear as a standard Romanian headword in common dictionaries. In typical usage, the intended form is controlorilor, which is the genitive/dative plural of controlor and means “to the inspectors” or “of the inspectors.” The base noun controlor denotes a person who checks tickets or performs inspections, especially on public transport or in railway contexts. The standard plural forms are controlori (nominative plural) and controlorii (definite plural). The appearance of controalelor is generally considered nonstandard and is often the result of typographical or orthographic error.

Etymology and background: The noun controlor is a Romanian adaptation of a word from French contôleur, via historical Romanian usage. The agentive suffix -or combines with the plural -i and the definite plural -ii in standard forms, yielding controlori / controlorii. Controalelor does not follow the established inflection pattern and is not widely attested in authoritative texts.

Usage and interpretation: When controalelor is encountered in writing, it should typically be treated as a misspelling of controlorilor or, in some contexts, a missegmentation of words (for example, unrelated sequences of letters). In formal or official Romanian, correct usage would be controlorilor for the genitive/dative plural or controlorii for the definite nominative plural, depending on the sentence.

See also: Controlor; Ticket inspectors; Public transport safety; Romanian linguistics.