clapa

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *clappa, from *clappare, from an onomatopoeic root klapp- or from a Germanic root *klappijan, compare English clap. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkla.pə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkla.pa] ==== Noun ==== clapa f (plural clapes) spot (of color) bare patch (spot without color) ===== Derived terms ===== clapejar claper ===== Related terms ===== clap clapar ==== Further reading ==== “clapa”, 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 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “clapa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “clapa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== clapa inflection of clapar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: clapas, clapât === Verb === clapa third-person singular past historic of claper