catalpa

See also: Catalpa

English

southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides), in flower

Etymology

• A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name.
• Sometimes alternatively said to derive from Creek kvtvrpv.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈtælpə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈtælpə/, /kəˈtɔlpə/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kəˈtælpə/, /kəˈtɑlpə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ælpə, -ɔːlpə

Noun

catalpa (plural catalpas)

1. Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

Derived terms

• catalpic
• Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
• Haitian catalpa (Catalpa longissima)
• hardy catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
• Manchurian catalpa (Catalpa bungei)
• northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
• southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides)
• umbrella catalpa
• western catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
• yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)

Translations

any tree of the genus Catalpa

• Catalan: catalpa f
• French: catalpa (fr) m
• German: Trompetenbaum (de) m
• Hungarian: szivarfa (hu)
• Korean: 개오동 (gae'odong)
• Portuguese: catalpa f
• Russian: катальпа (ru) f (katalʹpa)
• Turkish: katalpa (tr)

References

• catalpa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “catalpa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈtal.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈtal.pa]

Noun

catalpa f (plural catalpes)

1. catalpa

Further reading

• “catalpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Noun

catalpa f (plural catalpas)

1. catalpa

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtal.pa/
• Rhymes: -alpa
• Hyphenation: ca‧tàl‧pa

Noun

catalpa f (plural catalpe)

1. catalpa

Anagrams

• placata