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Etymology
Onomatopoeic . Compare trappe , trampa .
Pronunciation
Noun
trapa f (plural trapes )
trapdoor
an opening in a floor or ceiling to allow the passage of light, persons, goods, etc.
Fent una cadena humana, amb els braços units, van passar per la trapa que descendia a la zona inundada de la cova. Linking their arms to form a human chain, they passed through the opening which led to the flooded zone of the cave.
Further reading
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin trappa .
Verb
trapa f (plural trapes ) ( ORB, broad )
trap , snare
Derived terms
References
trappe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
trapa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Galician
Trapa , trapela or zapón
Etymology
Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap ).[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
trapa f (plural trapas )
trap , trapdoor
Synonyms: trapela , zapón
trap , snare
Synonym: armada
Derived terms
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “trapa ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “trapa ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “trapa ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “trapa ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “trapa ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Treppe .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtra.pa/
Rhymes: -apa
Syllabification: tra‧pa
Noun
trapa m inan
stair ( a single step in a staircase )
Synonyms: stępiń , schód
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Jan Trepczyk (1994 ) “schodek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “schodek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
“trapa ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022