pulpa

See also: pulpă and pulpã

Contents

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed ultimately from Latin pulpa.

Noun

pulpa f

1. (anatomy) pulp (tissue of spleen)

Synonyms

• dřeň f

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pa/, [ˈpʊɫ.pa]

Noun

pulpa f (genitive pulpae); first declension

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. the pith of wood

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pulpa	pulpae
Genitive	pulpae	pulpārum
Dative	pulpae	pulpīs
Accusative	pulpam	pulpās
Ablative	pulpā	pulpīs
Vocative	pulpa	pulpae

Derived terms

• pulpāmentum/ pulmentum
• pulpōsus

Descendants

• Albanian: pulpë
• Aromanian: pulpã
• Asturian: pulpa
• English: pulp
• French: pulpe
• Friulian: polpe
• Italian: polpa

• Portuguese: polpa
• Romanian: pulpă
• Sardinian: prupa, pulpa, purpa
• Sicilian: pulpa, purpa
• Spanish: pulpa
• Venetian: polpa

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pulpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpul.pa̠]
• See also: culpa, pulpo

Noun

pulpa m (plural pulpas)

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. (botany, desserts) the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. (botany) the pith of wood
4. (cooking) the softest meat of beef, porc
5. (chemical engineering) pulp (for producing paper)

Derived terms

• pulposo

References