pulpa

Borrowed ultimately from Latin pulpa.

pulpa f

1. (anatomy) pulp (tissue of spleen)

   Synonym: dřeň f

From Latin pulpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulpɑ/, [ˈpulpɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pul‧pa

pulpa

1. Synonym of hammasydin.

• lappu

From Old Latin *pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pa/, [ˈpʊɫ̪pä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.pa/, [ˈpulpä]

pulpa f (genitive pulpae); first declension

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. the pith of wood

First-declension noun.

• pulpāmentum/ pulmentum
• pulpōsus

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭlpa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 548

Inherited from Latin pŭlpa, perhaps via an unattested Old Spanish *pupa, with /l/ restored by Latin influence[1] or contact with forms like Portuguese polpa. Compare the evolution of Spanish dulce < duce < dŭlcem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulpa/ [ˈpul.pa]
• Rhymes: -ulpa
• Syllabification: pul‧pa

pulpa f (plural pulpas)

1. the soft part of an animal's body; flesh
2. (botany, desserts) the fleshy part, pulp of fruit
3. (botany) the pith of wood
4. (cooking) the softest meat of beef or pork
5. (chemical engineering) pulp (for producing paper)

• “pulpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014