harpia
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuia).
Pronunciation
Noun
harpia f (plural harpies)
Further reading
- “harpia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Noun
harpia f (plural harpias, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of harpía
Further reading
- “harpia” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuia).
Pronunciation
Noun
harpia f
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) harpy (fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman)
- (derogatory) harpy (obnoxious, shrewish woman)
- Synonyms: baba-chłop, babochłop, chłopczyca, chłopobaba, dragon, herod-baba, hetera, kobieton, megiera
- harpy eagle
- Synonym: harpia wielka
Declension
Declension of harpia
Further reading
- harpia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
harpia f (plural harpias)
Further reading
- “harpia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “harpia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “harpia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024