pupa

See also: Pupa, púpa, and pupă

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa

  1. Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːpə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːpə

Noun

pupa (plural pupas or pupae or pupæ)

  1. An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa m (genitive singular pupa, nominative plural pupaí)

  1. (zoology) pupa
    Synonym: criosalaid

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pupa phupa bpupa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "pupa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “pupa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “pupa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa f (plural pupe)

  1. doll (child's toy)
  2. pupa

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine gender of pūpus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pūpa f (genitive pūpae); first declension

  1. girl, little girl
    Synonyms: puella, puellula
  2. doll, puppet

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pūpa pūpae
genitive pūpae pūpārum
dative pūpae pūpīs
accusative pūpam pūpās
ablative pūpā pūpīs
vocative pūpa pūpae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • pupa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pupa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pupa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pupa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

pupas

Noun

pupa f (4th declension)

  1. bean

Declension

Noun

pupa m sg

  1. genitive singular form of pups

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpupa]

Noun

pupa f

  1. (anatomy, somewhat childish) bum, rear, buttocks

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

  1. pupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult)

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *puppāre, from puppa, from Latin pūpa. Compare Italian poppare, Catalan and Occitan popar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puˈpa]

Verb

a pupa (third-person singular present pupă, past participle pupat) 1st conj.

  1. (informal, transitive or reflexive with accusative) to kiss
    Te pup dulce.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: săruta

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

  1. pupa
  2. bump, especially a cold sore
  3. (childish) boo-boo (pain)
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