colp

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

colp (plural colps)

1. Alternative form of collop

Further readingEdit

• 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 OccitanEdit

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