talpa

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English talpa, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of taupe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtælpə/ Rhymes: -ælpə === Noun === talpa (plural talpae) (medicine, obsolete) An encysted tumour on the head; a wen. === Anagrams === Plata, lapta == Hungarian == === Etymology === talp (“sole”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɒlpɒ] Hyphenation: tal‧pa === Noun === talpa third-person singular single-possession possessive of talp ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of topo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtal.pa/ Rhymes: -alpa Hyphenation: tàl‧pa === Noun === talpa f (plural talpe) mole (animal or planted spy) moleskin excavator === Noun === talpa m (invariable) moleskin (medium taupe-brown) === Anagrams === palta == Latin == === Etymology === The etymology is unknown. Lewis and Short attribute this to the same root as Latin scalpō. However it is often ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground”). Maybe transferred from a Germanic word for “paw” owing to the animal’s massive forelimbs, see Romanian talpă (“sole”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtaɫ.pa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtal.pa] === Noun === talpa f (genitive talpae); first declension mole (a burrowing animal) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== talpīnus ==== Descendants ==== === References === De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “talpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 605 “talpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “talpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "talpa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “talpa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Etymology === From Latin talpa (“mole”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === talpa (plural talpas) growth, abscess, wen ==== Descendants ==== English: talpa → Welsh: talp == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin talpa (“mole”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtalpo/ === Noun === talpa m (plural talpas) mole == Romanian == === Noun === talpa definite nominative/accusative singular of talpă == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Likely from Romanian talpă (“sole; treadle; board”), which see for the uncertain way of diffusion. === Noun === tȃlpa f (Cyrillic spelling та̑лпа) (regional) plank Synonym: dàska ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtalpa/ [ˈt̪al.pa] Rhymes: -alpa Syllabification: tal‧pa === Noun === talpa f (plural talpas) talpa Synonym: talparia === Further reading === “talpa”, 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