colp

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

colp (plural colps)

1. Alternative form of collop

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for colp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

• CPOL, OLPC, clop, ploc

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlp/

NounEdit

colp m (plural colps)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of cop

Derived termsEdit

• colpejar

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cop
• coup

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

NounEdit

colp m (oblique plural cols, nominative singular cols, nominative plural colp)

1. strike; hit

Related termsEdit

• colper/coper

DescendantsEdit

• French: coup
• Norman: co, coup
• Walloon: côp

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Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

NounEdit

colp m (oblique plural colps, nominative singular colps, nominative plural colp)

1. blow; strike; hit

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: colp
• Occitan: còp

ReferencesEdit

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “colaphus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 865