felpa

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).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlpa̝/

felpa f (plural felpas)

1. fuzz
2. (textiles) plush, fleece
3. clod with grass or moss

• Felpeiro
• felpellar
• felpello
• Felpeto
• felpudo

• “felpudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “felp” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “felpa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “felpa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “felpa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfel.pa/
• Rhymes: -elpa
• Hyphenation: fél‧pa

Maybe from Old French felpe, feupe,[1] 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.[2]

felpa f (plural felpe)

1. (textiles) plush, fleece
2. sweatshirt

• felpare
• felpato

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

felpa

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

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -elpɐ, (Brazil) -ewpɐ
• Hyphenation: fel‧pa

From Late Latin faluppa, through Old French felpe, perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt.[1] Compare Italian and Spanish felpa.

felpa f (plural felpas)

1. down (protruding hair from upholstery or fabric)
2. down (fine, short hair found in certain areas of the body)
3. animal hair
4. scale (soft fur that covers some vegetables)

felpa

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

Unknown,[1] perhaps a Germanic (possibly Frankish) borrowing, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See also Italian and Portuguese felpa, Occitan feupo, Catalan pelfa.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfelpa/ [ˈfel.pa]
• Rhymes: -elpa
• Syllabification: fel‧pa

felpa f (plural felpas)

1. (textiles) plush, fleece
2. (textiles) felt

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