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Aragonese
Etymology
From Frankish *krappō (“hook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾapa/
- Syllabification: gra‧pa
- Rhymes: -apa
Noun
grapa f
- claw (of an animal)
- staple (fastener)
Derived terms
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Frankish *krappō (“hook”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grapa f (plural grapes)
- claw (of an animal)
- staple (fastener)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “grapa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “grapa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “grapa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “grapa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2
Verb
grapa
- inflection of grapar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
grapa f (diminutive grapka)
- (Kuyavia) Synonym of naczynie
- (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Far Masovian) iron pot with three legs
See also
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “grapa”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “grapa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “grapa”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 109
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
grapa f (plural grapas)
- grappa (Italian grape-based spirit)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
grapa f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of grapă
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
grápa f
- ditch
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾapa/
- Rhymes: -apa
- Syllabification: gra‧pa
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Catalan grapa, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”). Compare English grape.
Noun
grapa f (plural grapas)
- staple (fastener)
- clamp
- (medicine) stitch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grapa
- inflection of grapar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
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