carpe

See also: Carpe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁp/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: carpes

Etymology 1

From Late Latin carpa, probably from a language of eastern Europe.

Noun

carpe f (plural carpes)

1. carp

Derived terms

• bâiller comme une carpe
• langue-de-carpe
• muet comme une carpe
• queue-de-carp

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).

Noun

carpe m (plural carpes)

1. (anatomy) carpus

Further reading

• “carpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• parce
• perça

Galician

Verb

carpe

1. inflection of carpir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

carpe f pl

1. plural of carpa

Anagrams

• capre, crepa, perca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pe/, [ˈkärpɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pe/, [ˈkärpe]

Verb

carpe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of carpō

Noun

carpe

1. vocative singular of carpus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• karp

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarp(ə)/

Noun

carpe (plural carpes)

1. carp

Descendants

• English: carp
• Scots: cairp

References

• “carpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).

Noun

carpe f (plural carpes)

1. (Jersey) carp

Old French

Alternative forms

• carpre
• querpe

Noun

carpe oblique singular, f (oblique plural carpes, nominative singular carpe, nominative plural carpes)

1. carp (fish)

Descendants

• → English: carp
• French: carpe

Portuguese

Verb

carpe

1. inflection of carpir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾpe/ [ˈkaɾ.pe]
• Rhymes: -aɾpe
• Syllabification: car‧pe

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan carpe, from Latin carpinus.

Noun

carpe m (plural carpes)

1. hornbeam

Etymology 2

Verb

carpe

1. inflection of carpir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10