pipa

• p'i-p'a (Wade–Giles)

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.

pipa (plural pipas)

1. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.

• IPPA, PAPI

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīpa (“pipe”), from Latin pīpō (“to pip”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.pa]

pipa f (plural pipes)

1. pipe, tobacco pipe
2. pacifier

   Synonym: xumet

3. Ganoderma lucidum, a red-coloured mushroom
4. sunflower seed

• “pipa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pipa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pipa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

pipa

1. inflection of pipar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipɑ/, [ˈpipɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ipɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧pa

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

pipa

1. pipa (a type of Chinese lute)

Inflection of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pipa	pipat
genitive		pipan	pipojen
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pipa	pipat
accusative	nom.	pipa	pipat
	gen.	pipan
genitive		pipan	pipojen pipain rare
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
inessive		pipassa	pipoissa
elative		pipasta	pipoista
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
adessive		pipalla	pipoilla
ablative		pipalta	pipoilta
allative		pipalle	pipoille
essive		pipana	pipoina
translative		pipaksi	pipoiksi
abessive		pipatta	pipoitta
instructive		—	pipoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipani pipani accusative nom. pipani pipani gen. pipani genitive pipani pipojeni pipaini rare partitive pipaani pipojani inessive pipassani pipoissani elative pipastani pipoistani illative pipaani pipoihini adessive pipallani pipoillani ablative pipaltani pipoiltani allative pipalleni pipoilleni essive pipanani pipoinani translative pipakseni pipoikseni abessive pipattani pipoittani instructive — — comitative — pipoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipasi pipasi accusative nom. pipasi pipasi gen. pipasi genitive pipasi pipojesi pipaisi rare partitive pipaasi pipojasi inessive pipassasi pipoissasi elative pipastasi pipoistasi illative pipaasi pipoihisi adessive pipallasi pipoillasi ablative pipaltasi pipoiltasi allative pipallesi pipoillesi essive pipanasi pipoinasi translative pipaksesi pipoiksesi abessive pipattasi pipoittasi instructive — — comitative — pipoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipamme pipamme accusative nom. pipamme pipamme gen. pipamme genitive pipamme pipojemme pipaimme rare partitive pipaamme pipojamme inessive pipassamme pipoissamme elative pipastamme pipoistamme illative pipaamme pipoihimme adessive pipallamme pipoillamme ablative pipaltamme pipoiltamme allative pipallemme pipoillemme essive pipanamme pipoinamme translative pipaksemme pipoiksemme abessive pipattamme pipoittamme instructive — — comitative — pipoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipanne pipanne accusative nom. pipanne pipanne gen. pipanne genitive pipanne pipojenne pipainne rare partitive pipaanne pipojanne inessive pipassanne pipoissanne elative pipastanne pipoistanne illative pipaanne pipoihinne adessive pipallanne pipoillanne ablative pipaltanne pipoiltanne allative pipallenne pipoillenne essive pipananne pipoinanne translative pipaksenne pipoiksenne abessive pipattanne pipoittanne instructive — — comitative — pipoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pipansa pipansa accusative nom. pipansa pipansa gen. pipansa genitive pipansa pipojensa pipainsa rare partitive pipaansa pipojaan pipojansa inessive pipassaan pipassansa pipoissaan pipoissansa elative pipastaan pipastansa pipoistaan pipoistansa illative pipaansa pipoihinsa adessive pipallaan pipallansa pipoillaan pipoillansa ablative pipaltaan pipaltansa pipoiltaan pipoiltansa allative pipalleen pipallensa pipoilleen pipoillensa essive pipanaan pipanansa pipoinaan pipoinansa translative pipakseen pipaksensa pipoikseen pipoiksensa abessive pipattaan pipattansa pipoittaan pipoittansa instructive — — comitative — pipoineen pipoinensa

pipa (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of pipo

Inflection of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pipa	pipat
genitive		pipan	pipojen
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pipa	pipat
accusative	nom.	pipa	pipat
	gen.	pipan
genitive		pipan	pipojen pipain rare
partitive		pipaa	pipoja
inessive		pipassa	pipoissa
elative		pipasta	pipoista
illative		pipaan	pipoihin
adessive		pipalla	pipoilla
ablative		pipalta	pipoilta
allative		pipalle	pipoille
essive		pipana	pipoina
translative		pipaksi	pipoiksi
abessive		pipatta	pipoitta
instructive		—	pipoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipani pipani accusative nom. pipani pipani gen. pipani genitive pipani pipojeni pipaini rare partitive pipaani pipojani inessive pipassani pipoissani elative pipastani pipoistani illative pipaani pipoihini adessive pipallani pipoillani ablative pipaltani pipoiltani allative pipalleni pipoilleni essive pipanani pipoinani translative pipakseni pipoikseni abessive pipattani pipoittani instructive — — comitative — pipoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pipasi pipasi accusative nom. pipasi pipasi gen. pipasi genitive pipasi pipojesi pipaisi rare partitive pipaasi pipojasi inessive pipassasi pipoissasi elative pipastasi pipoistasi illative pipaasi pipoihisi adessive pipallasi pipoillasi ablative pipaltasi pipoiltasi allative pipallesi pipoillesi essive pipanasi pipoinasi translative pipaksesi pipoiksesi abessive pipattasi pipoittasi instructive — — comitative — pipoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipamme pipamme accusative nom. pipamme pipamme gen. pipamme genitive pipamme pipojemme pipaimme rare partitive pipaamme pipojamme inessive pipassamme pipoissamme elative pipastamme pipoistamme illative pipaamme pipoihimme adessive pipallamme pipoillamme ablative pipaltamme pipoiltamme allative pipallemme pipoillemme essive pipanamme pipoinamme translative pipaksemme pipoiksemme abessive pipattamme pipoittamme instructive — — comitative — pipoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pipanne pipanne accusative nom. pipanne pipanne gen. pipanne genitive pipanne pipojenne pipainne rare partitive pipaanne pipojanne inessive pipassanne pipoissanne elative pipastanne pipoistanne illative pipaanne pipoihinne adessive pipallanne pipoillanne ablative pipaltanne pipoiltanne allative pipallenne pipoillenne essive pipananne pipoinanne translative pipaksenne pipoiksenne abessive pipattanne pipoittanne instructive — — comitative — pipoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pipansa pipansa accusative nom. pipansa pipansa gen. pipansa genitive pipansa pipojensa pipainsa rare partitive pipaansa pipojaan pipojansa inessive pipassaan pipassansa pipoissaan pipoissansa elative pipastaan pipastansa pipoistaan pipoistansa illative pipaansa pipoihinsa adessive pipallaan pipallansa pipoillaan pipoillansa ablative pipaltaan pipaltansa pipoiltaan pipoiltansa allative pipalleen pipallensa pipoilleen pipoillensa essive pipanaan pipanansa pipoinaan pipoinansa translative pipakseen pipaksensa pipoikseen pipoiksensa abessive pipattaan pipattansa pipoittaan pipoittansa instructive — — comitative — pipoineen pipoinensa

• appi

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pipa m (plural pipas)

1. pipa (instrument)

• “pipa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɐ]

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe, butt
   • 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     Item aqui en casa tres pipas et dous tonees et tres barrys grandes

     Item, here at home, three pipes and two tuns and three large barrels

2. pipe, flute

   Synonym: pito

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:

     Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.

     And some played horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside

3. tobacco pipe

   Synonym: cachimba

• pipote

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pipa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “pipa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pipa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Italian pipa, from French pipe.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipɒ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

pipa (plural pipák)

1. pipe (for smoking)
2. tick, checkmark (✓)

   Coordinate term: (×) iksz

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipák
accusative	pipát	pipákat
dative	pipának	pipáknak
instrumental	pipával	pipákkal
causal-final	pipáért	pipákért
translative	pipává	pipákká
terminative	pipáig	pipákig
essive-formal	pipaként	pipákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pipában	pipákban
superessive	pipán	pipákon
adessive	pipánál	pipáknál
illative	pipába	pipákba
sublative	pipára	pipákra
allative	pipához	pipákhoz
elative	pipából	pipákból
delative	pipáról	pipákról
ablative	pipától	pipáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pipáé	pipáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pipáéi	pipákéi

Possessive forms of pipa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pipám	pipáim
2nd person sing.	pipád	pipáid
3rd person sing.	pipája	pipái
1st person plural	pipánk	pipáink
2nd person plural	pipátok	pipáitok
3rd person plural	pipájuk	pipáik

• vízipipa

• → Romanian: pipă

pipa (comparative pipább, superlative legpipább)

1. (colloquial, predicatively) angry, furious

   Nagyon pipa vagyok rád. ― I'm very angry with you.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pipa	pipák
accusative	pipát	pipákat
dative	pipának	pipáknak
instrumental	pipával	pipákkal
causal-final	pipáért	pipákért
translative	pipává	pipákká
terminative	pipáig	pipákig
essive-formal	pipaként	pipákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pipában	pipákban
superessive	pipán	pipákon
adessive	pipánál	pipáknál
illative	pipába	pipákba
sublative	pipára	pipákra
allative	pipához	pipákhoz
elative	pipából	pipákból
delative	pipáról	pipákról
ablative	pipától	pipáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pipáé	pipáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pipáéi	pipákéi

• pipa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• From Malay pipa (“barrel, cask, chimney”), from Portuguese pipa (“cask”), from Old Galician-Portuguese pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipo (“I pip”).
• The sense “pipe” is a semantic loan from Dutch pijp.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpipa]
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

pipa (first-person possessive pipaku, second-person possessive pipamu, third-person possessive pipanya)

1. pipe,
   1. a rigid tube that transports water, steam or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.

      Synonyms: pembuluh, buluh-buluh

   2. a hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe.
2. chimney

   Synonym: cerobong

• paip (“pipe”) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “pipa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pa/
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Hyphenation: pì‧pa

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

pipa f (plural pipe)

1. pipe
2. (vulgar, slang) a wank

• → Czech: pípa
• → German: Pipe
• → Greek: πίπα (pípa)
• → Hungarian: pipa
  • → Romanian: pipă
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: пипа

  Latin script: pipa

• → Slovak: pipa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pipa

1. inflection of pipare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• appi, papi

Root
p-j-p
4 terms

Borrowed from Sicilian pipa and/or Italian pipa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.pa/

pipa f (plural pipi)

1. pipe (smoking implement)

• pipen

pipa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pipe

pipa f (definite singular pipa, indefinite plural piper or pipor, definite plural pipene or pipone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pipe
2. definite singular of pipe

pipa (present tense pip, past tense peip, supine pipe, past participle pipen, present participle pipande, imperative pip)

1. Alternative form of pipe

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.pa/

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• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: pi‧pa

Probably from French pipe or Italian pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa.

pipa f (diminutive pipka)

1. pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)

   Synonym: pipeta

2. (colloquial, vulgar) minge

   Synonym: cipa

3. (derogatory, vulgar) pussy, sissy (timid, unassertive or cowardly person)

Borrowed from Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

pipa f

1. pipa (Chinese lute)

• pipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• pipo

From Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe, a wooden barrel, cask, or vat, especially for wine
2. (historical, measure) pipe, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 400–550 liters depending on the part of Portugal
3. (measure) truckload, the volume of a tanker
4. (Brazil) kite, a flying toy on a string

   soltar pipa ― to fly a kite

• (cask): barril
• (kite): pandorga (Brazil), papagaio de papel (Portugal)

• (unit of liquid volume): almude (¹⁄₂₅ pipa), barril (¹⁄₈ or ¹⁄₆ pipa), tonel (2 pipas)

• caminhão-pipa

• → Gujarati: પીપ (pīp)
• → Swahili: pipa

From pipă +‎ -a.

a pipa (third-person singular present pipează, past participle pipat) 1st conj.

1. to smoke a pipe

From Italian.

• IPA^(key): /pîpa/
• Hyphenation: pi‧pa

pȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏па)

1. faucet, tap

   Synonyms: slàvina, špȋna, rubìnet

• “pipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• IPA^(key): /pìːpa/

pípa f

1. tap, faucet (device to dispense liquid)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	pípa
gen. sing.	pípe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pípa	pípi	pípe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pípe	píp	píp
dative (dajȃlnik)	pípi	pípama	pípam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pípo	pípi	pípe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pípi	pípah	pípah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pípo	pípama	pípami

• IPA^(key): /ˈpipa/ [ˈpi.pa]

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• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: pi‧pa

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. pipe (device used for smoking)

   Synonym: cachimba

2. barrel

   Synonyms: cuba, barril

3. (colloquial) gun; shooter

pipa m or f by sense (plural pipas)

1. (colloquial) roadie

• → Basque: pipa

pipa

1. (colloquial) very good

   Synonym: estupendamente

   Se lo está pasando pipa.

   He's having a blast.

From pepita.

pipa m (plural pipas)

1. (colloquial) a genius, a smart person

pipa f (plural pipas)

1. (Spain) sunflower seed

   Synonym: pepita

2. (Central America) green coconut

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pipa

1. inflection of pipar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pipa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Portuguese pipa.

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pipa (ma class, plural mapipa)

1. barrel, cask

From Old Norse pípa.

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pipa c

2. a pipe (e.g. smoking tool, organ pipe etc)

   röka pipa

   smoke a pipe

3. the barrel of a gun

   hälla krut i pipan

   pour gunpowder into the barrel

4. a small wind instrument; flute
5. the hollow tube of a bone
6. a type of Chinese lute; pipa
7. (slang) singing voice
8. (historical) a pipe (an old unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 470 liters or 124 US gallons)

• benpipa
• glasblåsarpipa (“glassblower pipe”)
• kritpipa (“smoking pipe made of clay”)
• orgelpipa (“organ pipe”)
• piprensare (“smoking pipe cleaner wire”)
• piptobak (“pipe tobacco”)
• säckpipa (“bagpipe”)
• tobakspipa

• → Finnish: piippu
  • → Ingrian: piippu

pipa (present piper, preterite pep, supine pipit, imperative pip)

1. to yield a high sound or tone; squeak, peep, beep

   Möss, fågelungar och datorer piper

   Mice squeak, baby birds peep, and computers beep

• pip
• pipare
• pipljud

• pipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).

pipa f

1. pipe

Compare Spanish pepita (“nugget”), Portuguese pevide (“flat seed”).

pipa f

1. acorn

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pipa f

1. circumflex (diacritic)
2. háček (diacritic)

• “pipa₁”, “pipa₂”, and “pipa₃” listed on page 216 of Lodovico Pizzati’s Venetian–English English–Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians (2007, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪpa/

pipa

1. inflection of pipo:
   1. first-person singular future
   2. second-person singular imperative