responsa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).
Noun
responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)
- A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
Further reading
- “responsa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English response, French réponse, Italian responso, Spanish responso and Portuguese responso; all from Latin respōnsum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /resˈpon.sa/
- Rhymes: -onsa
- Hyphenation: res‧pon‧sa
Noun
responsa (plural responsas)
Latin
Pronunciation
- respōnsa:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛsˈpõː.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [resˈpɔn.sa]
- Hyphenation: res‧pōn‧sa
- respōnsā:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛsˈpõː.saː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [resˈpɔn.sa]
- Hyphenation: res‧pōn‧sā
Verb
respōnsā
- second-person singular present active imperative of respōnsō
Noun
respōnsa n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of respōnsum
References
- “responsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Occitan
Alternative forms
- respuòsta (Niçard)
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn): (file)
Noun
responsa f (plural responsas)
Related terms
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 606
Portuguese
Etymology
Clipping of responsabilidade.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpõ.sɐ/ [hesˈpõ.sɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃˈpõ.sɐ/ [χeʃˈpõ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpõ.sa/ [hesˈpõ.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃˈpõ.sɐ/
Noun
responsa f (uncountable)
- (slang) clipping of responsabilidade (“responsibility”)
Further reading
- “responsa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “responsa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Verb
responsa
- inflection of responsar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative