colp

English

Etymology 1

Noun

colp (plural colps)

1. Alternative form of collop.

Etymology 2

Noun

colp (plural colps)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of colposcopy.

Further reading

• “colp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• CPOL, OLPC, clop, ploc

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔlp]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

colp m (plural colps)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) alternative form of cop

Derived terms

• colpejar
• colpisme
• colpista

Further reading

• “colp”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “colp”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “colp” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “colp” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• cop
• coup

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

Noun

colp oblique singular, m (oblique plural cols, nominative singular cols, nominative plural colp)

1. strike; hit

Related terms

• colper/coper

Descendants

• French: coup (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: co, coup
• Walloon: côp

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus, syncopated form of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, smack”).

Noun

colp m (oblique plural colps, nominative singular colps, nominative plural colp)

1. blow; strike; hit

Descendants

• Occitan: còp

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “colaphus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 865