drupa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: drù‧pa

Noun

drupa f (plural drupe)

1. (botany) drupe

Related terms

• nocciolo

Anagrams

• pruda

Latin

Alternative forms

• drūpa oliva
• druppa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρῠ́ππᾱ (drŭ́ppā, “olive”), elliptic form of δρῠ́πεπᾰ (ἐλαίᾱ) (drŭ́pepă (elaíā), “ripe olive”), from δρῠοπέτης (drŭopétēs), δρῠπεπής (drŭpepḗs), δρῡ́πεψ (drū́peps, “fully ripe”, literally “ripened on a tree”), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πεπ- (pep-, “to ripen”) + -ής (-ḗs, forming adjectives).

Noun

drūpa f (genitive drūpae); first declension

1. (botany) drupe

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	drūpa	drūpae
genitive	drūpae	drūpārum
dative	drūpae	drūpīs
accusative	drūpam	drūpās
ablative	drūpā	drūpīs
vocative	drūpa	drūpae

References

• “druppa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oliva drūpa oliva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾu.pɐ/

Noun

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe; stone fruit (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), accusative of δρύπεψ (drúpeps), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾupa/ [ˈd̪ɾu.pa]
• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: dru‧pa

Noun

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe

Further reading

• “drupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10