different between grappa vs rappa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grappa. Doublet of grape.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp?

Noun

grappa (countable and uncountable, plural grappas)

1. (uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace.
2. (countable) A variety or serving of grappa.

Translations

Cornish

Noun

grappa m (plural grappys)

1. grape

Derived terms

• gwedhen grappys

Estonian

Noun

grappa

1. grappa

Finnish

Etymology

< Italian grappa

Noun

grappa

1. grappa

Declension

or

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: gràp?pa

Etymology 1

From West Germanic.

Noun

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. A metal rod bent at the ends.
2. brace (arrangement for producing tension)
3. (typography) Synonym of graffa

Etymology 2

From Lombardic grapa (“bunch (of grapes)”).

Noun

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. grappa

   Synonym: acquavite

References

• grappa¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grappa² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Noun

rappa (plural rappas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of rapper.
   • 2001, Nzinga Regtuinah Chavis, “enter(f*#@ckin)tained” (poem), in Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera (editors), Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Random House, ?ISBN, page 224:

     Or like a female rappa who knows no other/way of selling work w/o her body / […]

Anagrams

• appar, appar.

Estonian

Noun

rappa

1. illative singular of raba

Icelandic

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rahpa/
• Rhymes: -ahpa

Verb

rappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rappaði, supine rappað)

1. to rap (to speak lyrics in the style of rap music)

Conjugation

Italian

Verb

rappa

1. third-person singular present indicative of rappare
2. second-person singular imperative of rappare

Japanese

Romanization

rappa

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Swedish

Verb

rappa (present rappar, preterite rappade, supine rappat, imperative rappa)

1. to rap; to speak lyrics in the style of rap music

Conjugation

Related terms

• rapp
• rappare