sapin

See also: sapìn and sapîn

Finnish

Noun

sapin

1. instructive plural of sappi

Anagrams

• aspin, napsi

French

Etymology

From Latin sappinus (“fir tree”), from a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and Latin pinus (“pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.pɛ̃/

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Noun

sapin m (plural sapins)

1. fir, fir tree

Derived terms

• sapin baumier
• sapin de Noël

Further reading

• “sapin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “sapin”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• “sapin” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Anagrams

• pains, pinas, pisan, Pisan

Romanian

Noun

sapin n (plural sapine)

1. obsolete form of țapină

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sapin	sapinul	sapine	sapinele
genitive-dative	sapin	sapinului	sapine	sapinelor
vocative	sapinule		sapinelor

References

• sapin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈpin/ [sɐˈpɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: sa‧pin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *sapín (“lining, insulation, padding; underlayer, as of clothing”). Compare Cebuano hapin.

Noun

sapín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜒᜈ᜔)

1. underlayer; protective underlayer
2. cushion; cushioning; pad

   Synonym: suson

Derived terms

• isapin
• magsapin
• panapin
• pasapinan
• sapin-sapin
• sapinan
• sapinin
• sasapnan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish chapín.

Noun

sapín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜒᜈ᜔)

1. women's clogs with cork soles

   Synonym: kotso

2. (by extension) footwear

   Synonym: sapatos

Alternative forms

• tsapin — now rare

Derived terms

• magsasapin

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sapín”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• aspin, Pinas, panis, pisan, sinap