alpaca
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alpaca (plural alpacas or alpaca)
- A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
- (uncountable) Wool from the alpaca.
SynonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña (Category: en:Camelids)
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- alpaca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vicugna pacos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alpaca m (plural alpaca's, diminutive alpacaatje n)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish, possibly via English, from Aymara allpaqa.
NounEdit
alpaca m (genitive singular alpaca, nominative plural alpacaí)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- olann alpaca f (“alpaca wool”)
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alpaca | n-alpaca | halpaca | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- “alpaca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /alˈpa.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- IPA(key): (alternative pronunciation) /ˈal.pa.ka/
- Hyphenation: al‧pà‧ca, àl‧pa‧ca
NounEdit
alpaca m (invariable)
- alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
- (uncountable) alpaca (wool)
- (uncountable) A fabric made out of a mixture of wool and cotton.
Further readingEdit
- alpaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aka
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
NounEdit
alpaca f (plural alpacas)
- alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)
- alpaca (wool from the alpaca)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
alpaca f (uncountable)
- nickel silver (alloy of copper, zinc and nickel)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French alpaga, alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alpaca f (plural alpacale)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) alpaca | alpacaua | (niște) alpacale | alpacalele |
genitive/dative | (unei) alpacale | alpacalei | (unor) alpacale | alpacalelor |
vocative | alpaca | alpacalelor |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alpaca f (plural alpacas)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
All borrowings ultimately from Spanish, though for some direct paths are uncertain.
- → Afrikaans: alpakka
- → Arabic: أَلْبَكَة (ʾalbaka)
- → Armenian: ալպակա (alpaka)
- → Belarusian: альпака (alʹpaka)
- → Catalan: alpaca
- → Czech: alpaka
- → Danish: alpaka
- → Dutch: alpaca
- → English: alpaca
- → French: alpaga
- → Faroese: alpaka
- → Finnish: alpakka
- → Georgian: ალპაკა (alṗaḳa)
- → German: Alpaka
- → Greek: αλπάκα (alpáka)
- → Hungarian: alpaka
- → Irish: alpaca (possibly via English)
- → Italian: alpaca
- → Japanese: アルパカ (arupaka)
- → Korean: 알파카 (alpaka)
- → Macedonian: алпака (alpaka)
- → Norwegian: alpakka
- → Persian: آلپاکا (âlpâkâ)
- → Polish: alpaca
- → Portuguese: alpaca
- → Russian: альпака (alʹpaka)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: alpaca
- → Swedish: alpacka
- → Tagalog: alpaka
- → Ukrainian: альпака (alʹpaka)
Further readingEdit
- “alpaca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.