cepo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă, French cive (“chive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sepo]
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• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: ce‧po

Noun

cepo (accusative singular cepon, plural cepoj, accusative plural cepojn)

1. onion

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepo̝/, (western) /ˈsepo̝/

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. stump

   Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco

2. trunk section used as support or workbench
3. wooden mallet

Derived terms

• Cepo

Related terms

• cepa

References

• “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cepo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cepo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cepo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cippus. Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.pu/

• Rhymes: -epu
• Hyphenation: ce‧po

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. log (trunk of a tree used as timber)

   Synonyms: toro, tora

2. (figuratively, derogatory) indolent, stupid or worthless person
3. trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals
4. the part of the plough that penetrates the earth

Further reading

• “cepo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. animal trap
2. clamp (for vehicles etc.)
3. branch (of tree)
4. alms box

Derived terms

• cepillo

See also

• trampa f

Further reading

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