lamprea

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin lamprēda, naupreda, of obscure, maybe Gaulish, origin. Cognate with Portuguese lampreia, Spanish lamprea, French lamproie, Italian lampreda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lamˈpɾea̝/ === Noun === lamprea f (plural lampreas) lamprey === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lamprea”, 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), “lamprea”, 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), “lamprea”, 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), “lamprea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lamprea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lamprēda (attested as Medieval Latin lampreda), of uncertain origin: possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of Latin lambō (“to lick”) and petra (“stone”). Compare Italian lampreda, French lamproie and Portuguese lampreia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lamˈpɾea/ [lãmˈpɾe.a] Rhymes: -ea Syllabification: lam‧pre‧a === Noun === lamprea f (plural lampreas) lamprey (a fish) === Further reading === “lamprea”, 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