cepo

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Etymology

From Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă, French cive (“chive”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -epo
  • Hyphenation: ce‧po

Noun

cepo (accusative singular cepon, plural cepoj, accusative plural cepojn)

  1. onion

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“post”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθepo̝/, (western) /ˈsepo̝/

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

  1. stump
    Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco
  2. trunk section used as support or workbench
  3. wooden mallet
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References

  • “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cepo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cepo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cepo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

cepo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cepar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cippus. Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -epu
  • Hyphenation: ce‧po

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

  1. log (trunk of a tree used as timber)
    Synonyms: toro, tora
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) indolent, stupid or worthless person
  3. trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals
  4. the part of the plough that penetrates the earth

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθepo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsepo/
  • Rhymes: -epo
  • Syllabification: ce‧po

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

  1. snare, trap
    Synonym: trampa
  2. shackle
  3. clamp (for vehicles etc.)
  4. branch (of tree)
  5. alms box

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