estirpe
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe
Noun
estirpe f (plural estirpes)
- lineage, root
- Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
- You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
- (biology) strain
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]
- Rhymes: -iɾpe
- Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe
Noun
estirpe f (plural estirpes)
- lineage
Related terms
- estirpar
References
- “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014