estirpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage, root
    Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.
    You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.
  2. (biology) strain

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps, stirpem.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈtiɾpe/ [esˈt̪iɾ.pe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾpe
  • Syllabification: es‧tir‧pe

Noun

estirpe f (plural estirpes)

  1. lineage
  • estirpar

References
  1. “estirpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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