marsopa
Catalan
Etymology
From Old French marsoupe, from a West Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾˈso.pə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mərˈso.pə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maɾˈso.pa/
Noun
marsopa f (plural marsopes)
- porpoise
Derived terms
- marsopa comuna
- marsopa d'ulleres
- marsopa llisa
- marsopa negra
- marsopa sense aleta
Further reading
- “marsopa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “marsopa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “marsopa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
From French and Old French marsoupe, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *marisuppa (“porpoise”), from Latin mare (“sea”) + Proto-Germanic *supô (“to drink, sip”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈsopa/ [maɾˈso.pa]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -opa
- Syllabification: mar‧so‧pa
Noun
marsopa f (plural marsopas)
- porpoise
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “marsopa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014