carpe
See also: Carpe
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁp/
audio (file) - Homophone: carpes
Etymology 1
From Late Latin carpa, probably from a language of eastern Europe.
Noun
carpe f (plural carpes)
- carp
Derived terms
- bâiller comme une carpe
- langue-de-carpe
- lithocarpe
- muet comme une carpe
- queue-de-carp
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).
Noun
carpe m (plural carpes)
- (anatomy) carpus
Further reading
- “carpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- parce
- perça
Italian
Noun
carpe f pl
- plural of carpa
Anagrams
- capre, crepa, perca
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pe/, [ˈkärpɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pe/, [ˈkärpe]
Verb
carpe
- second-person singular present active imperative of carpō
Middle English
Alternative forms
- karp
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarp(ə)/
Noun
carpe (plural carpes)
- carp
Descendants
- English: carp
- Scots: cairp
References
- “carpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).
Noun
carpe f (plural carpes)
- (Jersey) carp
Old French
Alternative forms
- carpre
- querpe
Noun
carpe f (oblique plural carpes, nominative singular carpe, nominative plural carpes)
- carp (fish)
Descendants
- → English: carp
- French: carpe
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan carpe, from Latin carpinus.
Noun
carpe m (plural carpes)
- hornbeam
Verb
carpe
- inflection of carpir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “carpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014