trapa

trapa

See also: Trapa

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare trappe, trampa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾa.pə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾa.pa]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

trapa f (plural trapes)

  1. trapdoor
  2. 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.

Noun

trapa f (plural trapes) (ORB, broad)

  1. 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

Etymology

Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾapa̝/

Noun

trapa f (plural trapas)

  1. trap, trapdoor
    Synonyms: trapela, zapón
  2. trap, snare
    Synonym: armada

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “trampa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Kashubian

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Treppe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtra.pa/
    • Rhymes: -apa
    • Syllabification: tra‧pa

    Noun

    trapa m inan

    1. stair (a single step in a staircase)
      Synonyms: stępiń, schód

    Declension

    Declension of trapa
    singular plural
    nominative trapa trapë
    genitive trapë trap(ów)
    dative trapie trapóm
    accusative trapã trapë
    instrumental trapą trapama
    locative trapie trapach
    vocative trapa/trapò trapë

    Derived terms

    adjective
    • trapowi

    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[2]
    • trapa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022