pupă

See also: pupa, Pupa, and púpa

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French poupe, from Latin puppis.

Noun

pupă f (plural pupe)

1. stern of a ship, poop

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pupă	pupa		pupe	pupele
genitive-dative	pupe	pupei		pupe	pupelor
vocative	pupă, pupo			pupelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from specialized use of Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”).

Noun

pupă f (plural pupe)

1. pupa (stage of the life cycle of certain insects)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pupă	pupa		pupe	pupele
genitive-dative	pupe	pupei		pupe	pupelor
vocative	pupă, pupo			pupelor

See also

• larvă, nimfă, crisalidă
• păpușă