asp
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.”)
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- (archaic) A water snake.
- A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
- The Egyptian cobra (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- A type of European fish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
Synonyms
- (Vipera aspis): asp viper, European asp, aspis viper
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-Germanic *aspō (compare Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp), from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (compare Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”)).
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- The aspen tree.
- 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy (page 233)
- Having decimated groves of cedar, quaking asps, weeping willows, poplars, and fruit trees on the last day of January, Alva C. Griest of the Seventy-second Indiana believed he "was doing wrong all the time we were at it."
- 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy (page 233)
Translations
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Latin aspis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra”).
Noun
asp f (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspanna)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
asp | n-asp | hasp | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asp”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “asp”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asp”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Middle English
Noun
asp
- Alternative form of aspe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
asp f or m (definite singular aspa or aspen, indefinite plural asper, definite plural aspene)
- alternative form of osp
References
- “asp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”).
Noun
asp c
- Aspen; a type of poplar tree. (Populus tremula)
- A type of fish. (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- An African snake. (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Declension
Declension of asp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | asp | aspen | aspar | asparna |
Genitive | asps | aspens | aspars | asparnas |
Anagrams
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/æsp
- English terms derived from Latin
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- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- en:Cyprinids
- en:Elapid snakes
- en:Vipers
- en:Willows and poplars
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns
- ga:Snakes
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Trees
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Fish
- sv:Snakes
- sv:Trees