felpa

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived form felpudo is already attested in the 13th century), probably from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛlpa̝/ === Noun === felpa f (plural felpas) fuzz (textiles) plush, fleece clod with grass or moss ==== Derived terms ==== Felpeiro felpellar felpello Felpeto felpudo === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “felpudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “felp”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “felpa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “felpa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “felpa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfel.pa/ Rhymes: -elpa Hyphenation: fél‧pa === Etymology 1 === Maybe from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt), or from earlier ferpe, metathesized from fibra. ==== Noun ==== felpa f (plural felpe) (textiles) plush, fleece sweatshirt ===== Related terms ===== felpare felpato === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== felpa inflection of felpare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -elpɐ, (Brazil) -ewpɐ Hyphenation: fel‧pa === Etymology 1 === From Late Latin faluppa, through Old French felpe, perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt. Compare Italian and Spanish felpa. ==== Noun ==== felpa f (plural felpas) down (protruding hair from upholstery or fabric) down (fine, short hair found in certain areas of the body) animal hair scale (soft fur that covers some vegetables) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== felpa inflection of felpar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “felpa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “felpa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unknown, perhaps a Germanic (possibly Frankish) borrowing, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See also Italian and Portuguese felpa, Occitan feupo, Catalan pelfa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfelpa/ [ˈfel.pa] Rhymes: -elpa Syllabification: fel‧pa === Noun === felpa f (plural felpas) (textiles) plush, fleece Synonym: peluche felt Synonym: fieltro ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “felpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025