piòpa

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin populus (“aspen”), with a change of gender.

Noun

piòpa f (plural piòpe)

1. aspen (Populus tremula)

   Synonym: àlbara

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “piòpa”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 511