polpo

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin polypus.

Noun

polpo m (plural polpos)

1. octopus

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “polpo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpol.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpol.po]

Verb

polpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polpar

Esperanto

Komuna polpo (Octopus vulgaris)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polpo, from Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “many-footed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olpo
• Hyphenation: pol‧po

Noun

polpo (accusative singular polpon, plural polpoj, accusative plural polpojn)

1. octopus

   Hypernyms: kapopiedulo, cefalopodo

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of poliittinen poliisi (literally “political police”); stems from a conspiracy theory that law enforcement authorities limit the expression of certain political viewpoints. May be influenced by the book The Turner Diaries (1978), in which the FBI is referred to as "the political police".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/, [ˈpo̞lpo̞]
• Rhymes: -olpo
• Syllabification^(key): pol‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): pol‧po

Noun

polpo (derogatory, slang)

1. (the) police
   • 2017 June 28, MV-Lehti‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-09-10:

     Helsingin Polpo eli Poliittinen poliisi on Suomen kansan vihollinen

     The Helsinki Polpo, or Political police, is an enemy of the Finnish people

   • [2019 August 15, Apu‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-09-10:

     Aiemmin äärioikeistolaisten sirpaleporukoiden kielenkäyttöön kuulunut sana polpo eli poliittinen poliisi otettiin perussuomalaisten poliittiseen sanastoon.

     The word polpo, or political police, previously used by extreme right fringe groups, was adopted by the Finns Party for their political lexicon.]

   • [2020 August 8, Yle‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-09-10:

     Uutta on, että äärioikeisto ei luota poliisiin. Poliisista on äärioikeiston piirissä osin ryhdytty käyttämään nimistystä polpo, poliittinen poliisi.

     That the extreme right does not trust the police is new. The moniker polpo, for political police, has begun to see use among the extreme right.]

See also

• vääryyslaitos

Ido

Etymology

From Latin polypus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/

Noun

polpo (plural polpi)

1. octopus

Italian

Alternative forms

• polipo (dialectal, non-standard)

Etymology

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Cognates include Spanish pulpo and Sicilian purpu. Unrelated to polpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol.po/
• Rhymes: -olpo
• Hyphenation: pól‧po

Noun

polpo m (plural polpi)

1. octopus

Related terms

• polipo
• polpara
• polpetto

Further reading

• polpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana