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carp
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??p/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k??p/
- Rhymes: -??(r)p
Etymology 1
From Middle English carpe, from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *???????????????????? (*karpa).
Noun
carp (plural carp or carps)
- Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- koi
Etymology 2
From Old Norse karpa (“to boast, brag”), karp (“bragging”); meaning later changed to "find fault with, carp at" due to influence of Latin carpo.
Verb
carp (third-person singular simple present carps, present participle carping, simple past and past participle carped)
- To complain about a fault; to harp on.
- (obsolete) To say; to tell.
- (obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.
- 27 December 1591, Edmund Spenser, letter to Sir Walter Raleigh
- and with your good countenance protect against the malice of evil mouths, which are always wide open to carp at and misconstrue my simple meaning
- My honest homely Words were carp'd, and censur'd
- 27 December 1591, Edmund Spenser, letter to Sir Walter Raleigh
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (karpós, “wrist”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ka?p/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?karp/
Noun
carp m (plural carps)
- carpus
Related terms
- carpià
Further reading
- “carp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
Etymology
From French carpe
Noun
carp n (uncountable)
- carpus
Declension
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carpi
English
Noun
carpi
- plural of carpus
Anagrams
- Capri, capri, picra
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
carpi m
- plural of carpo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
carpi
- inflection of carpare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- capir, capri, Capri
Latin
Verb
carp?
- present passive infinitive of carp?
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