responsa

responsa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (answer).

Noun

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

  1. 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)

    1. answer (response)

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    respōnsā

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of respōnsō

    Noun

    respōnsa n

    1. 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

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Béarn):(file)

    Noun

    responsa f (plural responsas)

    1. response, answer

    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

       

      Noun

      responsa f (uncountable)

      1. (slang) clipping of responsabilidade (responsibility)

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Verb

      responsa

      1. inflection of responsar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative