estirpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [isˈt͡ʃih.pi], /esˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [esˈt͡ʃih.pi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /isˈt͡ʃiɾ.pi/, /esˈt͡ʃiɾ.pi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [iʃˈt͡ʃiχ.pi], /eʃˈt͡ʃiʁ.pi/ [eʃˈt͡ʃiχ.pi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈt͡ʃiɻ.pe/

  • Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage, root
    Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
    You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
  2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirpem.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾpe
  • Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage
    Synonym: linaje
  • estirpar

References
  1. “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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