pulpa

Ultimately derived from Latin pulpa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpulpa]

pulpa f

1. (anatomy) pulp (tissue of spleen)

   Synonym: dřeň f

From Latin pulpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulpɑ/, [ˈpulpɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pul‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): pul‧pa

pulpa

1. synonym of hammasydin

• lappu

From Proto-Italic *pelpā, related to Umbrian pelmner (“meat”, gen. sg.)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʊɫ.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpul.pa]

pulpa f (genitive pulpae); first declension

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. the pith of wood

First-declension noun.

• pulpāmentum/ pulmentum
• pulpōsus

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭlpa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 548

Inherited from Latin pŭlpa, perhaps via an unattested Old Spanish *pupa, with /l/ restored by Latin influence^[1] or contact with forms like Portuguese polpa. Compare the evolution of Spanish dulce < duce < dŭlcem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulpa/ [ˈpul.pa]
• Rhymes: -ulpa
• Syllabification: pul‧pa

pulpa f (plural pulpas)

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. (botany, desserts) the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. (botany) the pith of wood
4. (cooking) the softest meat of beef or pork
5. (chemical engineering) pulp (for producing paper)

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