# lapidar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapidāre. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [lə.piˈða]
* IPA: (Valencia) [la.piˈðaɾ]

### Verb

lapidar (first-person singular present lapido, first-person singular preterite lapidí, past participle lapidat)
* (transitive) to stone (to kill by pelting with stones)

#### Related terms

* lapidació

### References

* ↑ “lapidar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “lapidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “lapidar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “lapidar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## German
### Etymology

18th century, from Latin lapidarius, after French lapidaire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lapiˈdaːr/, [ˌla.piˈdaː(ɐ̯)], [-pɪ-], [-ˈdaːʁ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
* Hyphenation: la‧pi‧dar

### Adjective

lapidar (strong nominative masculine singular lapidarer, comparative lapidarer, superlative am lapidarsten)
* (dated) succinct, concise, lapidary
    Synonyms: prägnant, treffend, bündig, kurz und knapp/klar
* (now more often) inappropriately brief, terse, offhand, not providing sufficient information, not showing sufficient concern
    Der Minister wischte alle Bedenken mit einer lapidaren Bemerkung beiseite.The minister brushed off all concerns with a terse remark.

#### Derived terms

* Lapidarität
* Lapidarstil

### Further reading

* “lapidar” in Duden online
* “lapidar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [la.piˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [la.piˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /la.piˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /la.piˈda(ʁ)/ [la.piˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /la.piˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.piˈdaɾ/ [lɐ.piˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.piˈdaɾ/ [lɐ.piˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.piˈda.ɾi/ [lɐ.piˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: la‧pi‧dar

### Verb

lapidar (first-person singular present lapido, first-person singular preterite lapidei, past participle lapidado)
* to cut (a gemstone)
* to stone, lapidate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* lapidação
* lápide

### Further reading

* “lapidar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “lapidar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lapidaire.

### Adjective

lapidar m or n (feminine singular lapidară, masculine plural lapidari, feminine and neuter plural lapidare)
* lapidary

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lapidāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lapiˈdaɾ/ [la.piˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: la‧pi‧dar

### Verb

lapidar (first-person singular present lapido, first-person singular preterite lapidé, past participle lapidado)
* to stone (to throw stones at)
    Synonym: apedrear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* lápida
* lapidación

### Further reading

* “lapidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10