carp
English
/ˈkɑːp/, /ˈkɑɹp/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English carpe derived from Old French carpe derived from Latin carpa derived from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (carp).
Origin
Gothic
*𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰
Gloss
carp
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鯉
Emoji
🎏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carper English
- carpest English
- carpeth English
- carplike English
- carpsucker English
- sucker English
- tooth English
- toothcarp English
- carpa Latin
- carpio Latin
- Karpfen German
- Karpfenteich German
- karper Dutch, Flemish
- carpe French
- carpa Spanish, Castilian
- karpe Norwegian Bokmål
- carpa Portuguese
- karpe Norwegian Nynorsk
- carpe Middle English
- carbán Irish
- carpe Old French
- carpel Old French
- carpe Norman
- karpfe Middle High German
- *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 Gothic
- karpe Middle Low German