aspe

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See also: aspé, ašpë, and ašpë́

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /asp/
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Noun

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aspe m (plural aspes)

  1. (ichthyology) asp (fish)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.spe/
  • Rhymes: -aspe
  • Hyphenation: à‧spe

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin aspis, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís). Doublet of aspide.

Noun

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aspe m (plural aspi) (poetic)

  1. asp (venomous snake)
    Synonym: aspide
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 18”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 33; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      A quello annunzio entrò la Gelosia,
      fredda come aspe, et abbracciò costui.
      With that announcement, Jealousy entered, cold as an asp, and embraced him.
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Further reading

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  • aspe in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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aspe f

  1. plural of aspa

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English æspe, from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈasp(ə)/, /ˈɛsp(ə)/

Noun

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aspe

  1. aspen
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Descendants
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  • English: asp (aspen)
  • Scots: esp
References
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis. Doublet of aspide, from Latin oblique forms.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aspe

  1. asp (snake)
    Synonym: aspide
Descendants
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Spanish

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Verb

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aspe

  1. inflection of aspar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative