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felpa

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived form felpudo is already attested in the 13th century), probably from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

felpa f (plural felpas)

  1. fuzz
  2. (textiles) plush, fleece
  3. clod with grass or moss

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “felpudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “felp” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “felpa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “felpa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “felpa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “felpa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfel.pa/
  • Rhymes: -elpa
  • Hyphenation: fél‧pa

Etymology 1 edit

Maybe from Old French felpe, feupe,[1] of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt), or from earlier ferpe, metathesized from fibra.[2]

Noun edit

felpa f (plural felpe)

  1. (textiles) plush, fleece
  2. sweatshirt
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

felpa

  1. inflection of felpare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. ^ felpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ Angelo Prati (1951), "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, p. 480

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfew.pɐ/ [ˈfeʊ̯.pɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfew.pa/ [ˈfeʊ̯.pa]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -elpɐ, (Brazil) -ewpɐ
  • Hyphenation: fel‧pa

Etymology 1 edit

From Late Latin faluppa, through Old French felpe, perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt.[1] Compare Italian and Spanish felpa.

Noun edit

felpa f (plural felpas)

  1. down (protruding hair from upholstery or fabric)
  2. down (fine, short hair found in certain areas of the body)
  3. animal hair
  4. scale (soft fur that covers some vegetables)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

felpa

  1. inflection of felpar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. ^ “felpa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Unknown,[1] perhaps a Germanic (possibly Frankish) borrowing, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See also Italian and Portuguese felpa, Occitan feupo, Catalan pelfa.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfelpa/ [ˈfel.pa]
  • Rhymes: -elpa
  • Syllabification: fel‧pa

Noun edit

felpa f (plural felpas)

  1. (textiles) plush, fleece
  2. (textiles) felt

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “felpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 700

Further reading edit

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