alpaca

See also: Alpacca and alpacca

English

geographic distribution
of the alpaca

An alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈpækə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækə

Noun

alpaca (plural alpacas or alpaca)

1. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
2. (uncountable) Wool from the alpaca.
   • 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London‎^[1], New York: Henry Holt and Company:

     A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.

Synonyms

• alpaco, paco (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Descendants

• → Gujarati: અલ્પાકા (alpākā)
• → Thai: อัลปากา (an-bpaa-gâa)

Translations

camelid animal of the Andes

• Afrikaans: alpakka, skaapkameel
• Arabic: أَلْبَكَة‎ f (ʔalbaka)
• Armenian: ալպակա (hy) (alpaka)
• Assamese: এল্পেকা (elpeka)
• Asturian: alpaca (ast)
• Aymara: allpaqa
• Belarusian: альпа́ка m or f (alʹpáka)
• Catalan: alpaca (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 草泥馬／草泥马 (cou² nai⁴ maa⁵)

  Mandarin: 羊駝／羊驼 (zh) (yángtuó), 美洲駝／美洲驼 (Měizhōutuó), 無峰駝／无峰驼 (wúfēngtuó), 草泥馬／草泥马 (zh) (cǎonímǎ) (slang)

• Czech: alpaka (cs) f
• Danish: alpaka c
• Dutch: alpaca (nl) m
• Esperanto: alpako
• Faroese: alpaka f
• Finnish: alpakka (fi)
• French: alpaga (fr) m
• Georgian: ალპაკა (alṗaḳa)
• German: Alpaka (de) n, Alpakahengst m, Alpakastute f
• Greek: αλπάκα (el) f (alpáka)
• Gujarati: અલ્પાકા (alpākā)
• Hungarian: alpaka (hu)
• Ido: alpako (io)
• Interlingua: alpaca
• Irish: alpaca m
• Italian: alpaca (it) m
• Japanese: アルパカ (ja) (arupaka)
• Korean: 알파카 (ko) (alpaka)
• Lao: ອູດແກະ (ʼūt kæ)
• Latin: Lama pacos
• Macedonian: алпака f (alpaka)
• Maori: āpaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alpakka (no) m

  Nynorsk: alpakka m

• Persian: آلپاکا‎ (fa) (âlpâkâ)
• Polish: alpaka (pl) f
• Portuguese: alpaca (pt) f
• Quechua: allpaqa
• Romanian: alpaca (ro) f
• Russian: альпа́ка (ru) m or f (alʹpáka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: alpaka f

• Slovene: alpaka (sl) f
• Spanish: alpaca (es) f
• Swedish: alpacka (sv) c
• Tagalog: alpaka
• Thai: อัลปากา (an-bpaa-gâa)
• Ukrainian: альпа́ка (uk) m or f (alʹpáka)
• Vietnamese: alpaca (vi), lạc đà alpaca, lạc đà cừu
• Volapük: läpak

wool

• Afrikaans: lamawol
• Armenian: ալպակա (hy) (alpaka)
• Finnish: alpakka (fi)
• Greek: αλπακάς (el) m (alpakás)
• Irish: olann alpaca f
• Polish: alpaka (pl) f

Further reading

• alpaca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vicugna pacos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈpa.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈpa.ka/

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpaques)

1. alpaca (animal, fiber, and textile)
2. nickel silver

   Synonyms: argentan, plata alemanya

Further reading

• “alpaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈpaː.kaː/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ca

Noun

alpaca m (plural alpaca's, diminutive alpacaatje n)

1. alpaca

Derived terms

• alpacawol

See also

• lama

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, possibly via English, from Aymara allpaqa.

Noun

alpaca m (genitive singular alpaca, nominative plural alpacaí)

1. alpaca

Declension

Declension of alpaca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative alpaca alpacaí Vocative a alpaca a alpacaí Genitive alpaca alpacaí Dative alpaca alpacaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alpaca na halpacaí Genitive an alpaca na n-alpacaí Dative leis an alpaca don alpaca leis na halpacaí

Derived terms

• olann alpaca f (“alpaca wool”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alpaca	n-alpaca	halpaca	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “alpaca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023

Italian

Alternative forms

• alpaga, alpagà

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈpa.ka/, (traditional) /ˈal.pa.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka, (traditional) -alpaka
• Hyphenation: al‧pà‧ca, (traditional) àl‧pa‧ca

Noun

alpaca m (invariable)

1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
2. (uncountable) alpaca (wool)
3. (uncountable) a fabric made out of a mixture of wool and cotton

Further reading

• alpaca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpa.kɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈpa.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpa.kɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈpa.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpa.ka/ [aʊ̯ˈpa.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈpa.kɐ/ [aɫˈpa.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacas)

1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a camelid of the Andes)
2. alpaca (wool from the alpaca)

Etymology 2

Noun

alpaca f (uncountable)

1. nickel silver (alloy of copper, zinc and nickel)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alpaga, alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.paˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ca

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacale)

1. alpaca (animal)
2. alpaca (wool)

Declension

Declension of alpaca

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) alpaca	alpacaua	(niște) alpacale	alpacalele
genitive/dative	(unei) alpacale	alpacalei	(unor) alpacale	alpacalelor
vocative	alpaca		alpacalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈpaka/ [alˈpa.ka]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧ca

Noun

alpaca f (plural alpacas)

1. alpaca

Derived terms

• alpaquero

 

Descendants

All borrowings ultimately from Spanish, though for some direct paths are uncertain.

• → Afrikaans: alpakka
• → Arabic: أَلْبَكَة‎ (ʔalbaka)
• → Armenian: ալպակա (alpaka)
• → Belarusian: альпака (alʹpaka)
• → Catalan: alpaca
• → Czech: alpaka
• → Danish: alpaka
• → Dutch: alpaca
• → English: alpaca
  • → Gujarati: અલ્પાકા (alpākā)
  • → Thai: อัลปากา (an-bpaa-gâa)
• → French: alpaga
  • → Polish: alpaga
  • → Romanian: alpaca
  • → Russian: альпага (alʹpaga)
    • → Armenian: ալպագա (alpaga)
• → Faroese: alpaka
• → Finnish: alpakka
• → Georgian: ალპაკა (alṗaḳa)
• → German: Alpaka
• → Greek: αλπάκα (alpáka)
• → Hungarian: alpaka
• → Irish: alpaca (possibly via English)
• → Italian: alpaca
• → Japanese: アルパカ (arupaka)
• → Korean: 알파카 (alpaka)
• → Macedonian: алпака (alpaka)
• → Norwegian: alpakka
• → Persian: آلپاکا‎ (âlpâkâ)
• → Polish: alpaka
• → Portuguese: alpaca
• → Russian: альпака (alʹpaka)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: алпака
  • Latin script: alpaka
• → Slovene: alpaca
• → Swedish: alpacka
• → Tagalog: alpaka
• → Ukrainian: альпака (alʹpaka)

Further reading

• “alpaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014