aripă

See also: aripã

Romanian

O pasăre cu aripi deschise.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), or ālipēs ("winged on the feet"), ultimately from āla. Compare Aromanian aripã, arpã, French aube, Spanish álabe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈri.pə/, /ˈa.ri.pə/

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Noun

aripă f (plural aripi)

1. wing (part of an animal)
2. (ichthyology) fin (part of an animal)

   Synonym: înotătoare

3. wing (a part of a machine that resembles an animal wing)
   1. mudguard
   2. aircraft wing
4. (figurative) wing, faction (faction of a political movement)
5. (figurative) shelter, protection
6. vane (on a windmill)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aripă	aripa		aripi	aripile
genitive-dative	aripi	aripii		aripi	aripilor
vocative	—			—

Derived terms

• aripioară
• aripos
• înaripa