trapa

See also: Trapa

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare trappe, trampa.

Pronunciation

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.

Verb

trapa f (plural trapes) (ORB)

  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

Trapa, trapela or zapón

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

  • trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • trapa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • trapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • trapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trampa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German trappe or from German Treppe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrapa/
  • Syllabification: tra‧pa

Noun

trapa m inan

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

Declension

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