marsopa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French marsoupe, from a West Germanic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈso.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈso.pa]

Noun

marsopa f (plural marsopes)

1. porpoise

Derived terms

• marsopa comuna
• marsopa d'ulleres
• marsopa llisa
• marsopa negra
• marsopa sense aleta

 

Further reading

• “marsopa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “marsopa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “marsopa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French and Old French marsoupe, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *marisuppa (“porpoise”), from Latin mare (“sea”) + Proto-Germanic *supô (“to drink, sip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈsopa/ [maɾˈso.pa]

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• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: mar‧so‧pa

Noun

marsopa f (plural marsopas)

1. porpoise

Further reading

• “marsopa”, 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