English Explanatory Dictionary

carp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
  2. The common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb
  1. To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil.
  2. To speak, to talk; also, to talk about a subject in speech or writing.
  3. To talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
  4. Of a bird: to sing; of a person (such as a minstrel): to sing or recite.
  5. To say or tell (something).
  6. To find fault with (someone or something); to censure, to criticize.
noun
  1. An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.
name
  1. Initialism of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, a Unificationist organization.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːp/ /ˈkɑɹp/ En-us-carp.ogg

Word forms

carp carps carping carped no-table-tags glossary carpest carpedst carpeth

Etymology

From Late Middle English carpe (“the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)”), from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *karpo (possibly due to the introduction from the fish from the Danube into England in the 14th century; whence Middle Low German karpe and Old High German charpho, karpho); further etymology unknown.

Synonyms

blabber prate babble bat the breeze blab blather carp chat chatter chew the fat chew the rag chinwag chit-chat chunner clack claver clepe drivel jabber gabble gibber go on maunder natter palaver piffle prattle rabbit rabbit on ramble shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the shit smatter tattle twaddle waffle wibble witter yabber yack yatter yap reprehend reprove take exception

Derived words

Asian carp bighead carp black carp carp bream carpless carplike carp louse carp pox carpsucker common carp crucian carp flying carp German carp grass carp holy carp Indian carp invasive carp Japanese crucian carp koi koi carp leather carp mirror carp mud carp Prussian carp river carp sabre carp silver carp toothcarp carper carping

Translations

Abenaki: wôbhagas Afrikaans: karp Albanian: krap Arabic: شَبُّوط Aramaic: ܫܒܘܛܐ Armenian: ծածան Middle Armenian: շապութ Asturian: carpa Azerbaijani: karp Azerbaijani: çəki balığı Azerbaijani: sazan Basque: karpa Belarusian: карп Bulgarian: шара́н Catalan: carpa Cebuano: karpa Chinese Mandarin: 鯉魚 /鲤鱼 Czech: kapr Danish: karpe Dutch: karper Esperanto: karpo Faroese: karpa Finnish: karppi French: carpe Galician: carpa Georgian: ჭანარი Georgian: კობრი German: Karpfen Greek: κυπρίνος Ancient Greek: κυπρῖνος Hebrew: קרפיון Hungarian: ponty Icelandic: vatnakarfi Ido: karpo Indonesian: ikan mas Indonesian: karper Irish: carbán Italian: carpa Italian: reina Japanese: 鯉 Japanese: コイ Kazakh: тұқы Korean: 잉어 Latin: carpa Macedonian: крап Malay: ikan mas Malay: kap
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