pulpa

See also: pulpă and pulpã

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed ultimately from Latin pulpa.

Noun

pulpa f

1. (anatomy) pulp (tissue of spleen)

Synonyms

• dřeň f

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin pulpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulpɑ/, [ˈpulpɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pul‧pa

Noun

pulpa

1. Synonym of hammasydin.

Declension

Inflection of pulpa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		pulpa	pulpat
genitive		pulpan	pulpien
partitive		pulpaa	pulpia
illative		pulpaan	pulpiin
		singular	plural
nominative		pulpa	pulpat
accusative	nom.	pulpa	pulpat
	gen.	pulpan
genitive		pulpan	pulpien pulpainrare
partitive		pulpaa	pulpia
inessive		pulpassa	pulpissa
elative		pulpasta	pulpista
illative		pulpaan	pulpiin
adessive		pulpalla	pulpilla
ablative		pulpalta	pulpilta
allative		pulpalle	pulpille
essive		pulpana	pulpina
translative		pulpaksi	pulpiksi
instructive		—	pulpin
abessive		pulpatta	pulpitta
comitative		—	pulpineen

Possessive forms of pulpa (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pulpani	pulpamme
2nd person	pulpasi	pulpanne
3rd person	pulpansa

Anagrams

• lappu

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pa/, [ˈpʊɫ̪pä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pa/, [ˈpulpä]

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
• Catalan: polpa
• → Middle English: pulpe
  • English: pulp
• French: pulpe
• Friulian: polpe
• Galician: polpa
• → German: Pulpa
• 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): /ˈpulpa/ [ˈpul.pa]
• Rhymes: -ulpa
• Syllabification: pul‧pa

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

Further reading

• “pulpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014