écharpe

See also: echarpe, écharpé, and êcharpe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escharpe, escherpe, from Old French escharpe, escherpe, eskerpe, eschreppe, escreppe (“small bag, satchel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʃaʁp/

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Noun

écharpe f (plural écharpes)

1. scarf

   Synonym: foulard

2. sash
3. sling (hanging bandage)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic:
  • Egyptian Arabic: ايشارب (ʔišārb)
  • North Levantine Arabic: ايشارب (ʔišārb)
• → Catalan: xarpa
• → Dutch: sjerp
• → German: Schärpe
• → Italian: sciarpa
• →? Low German: scherpe
  • → Swedish: skärp
• → Persian: اشارپ (ešârp)
• → Polish: sharfa
• → Portuguese: echarpe, écharpe
• → Romanian: eșarfă
• → Serbo-Croatian: ešarpa
• → Spanish: charpa
• → Turkish: eşarp

Verb

écharpe

1. inflection of écharper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “écharpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• péchera, pêchera, repêcha

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écharpe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaʁ.pi/ [eˈʃah.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaʁ.pi/ [eˈʃah.pi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaɾ.pi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaʁ.pi/ [eˈʃaχ.pi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaɻ.pi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ(j)ˈʃaɾ.pɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ(j)ˈʃaɾ.pɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /etˈʃaɾ.pɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaɾ.pɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈʃaɾ.pɨ/

Noun

écharpe f (plural écharpes)

1. alternative form of echarpe

Further reading

• “écharpe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026