# pipa
## English
### Alternative forms

* p'i-p'a (Wade–Giles)

### Etymology

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos.

### Noun

pipa (plural pipas)
* A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* IPPA, PAPI

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīpa (“pipe”), from Latin pīpō (“to pip”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpi.pa]

#### Noun

pipa f (plural pipes)
* pipe, tobacco pipe
* pacifier
    Synonym: xumet
* Ganoderma lucidum, a red-coloured mushroom
* sunflower seed

##### Derived terms

* empipar
* fer la pipa
* pipa de gira-sol
* pipa de Surinam
* pipa llarga
* pipada
* pipeta

#### Further reading

* “pipa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pipa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pipa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pipa
* inflection of pipar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpipɑ/, [ˈpipɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ipɑ
* Hyphenation: pi‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

#### Noun

pipa
* pipa (a type of Chinese lute)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipani
pipani
accusative
nom.
pipani
pipani
gen.
pipani
genitive
pipani
pipojeni pipaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaani
pipojani
inessive
pipassani
pipoissani
elative
pipastani
pipoistani
illative
pipaani
pipoihini
adessive
pipallani
pipoillani
ablative
pipaltani
pipoiltani
allative
pipalleni
pipoilleni
essive
pipanani
pipoinani
translative
pipakseni
pipoikseni
abessive
pipattani
pipoittani
instructive
comitative
—pipoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipasi
pipasi
accusative
nom.
pipasi
pipasi
gen.
pipasi
genitive
pipasi
pipojesi pipaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaasi
pipojasi
inessive
pipassasi
pipoissasi
elative
pipastasi
pipoistasi
illative
pipaasi
pipoihisi
adessive
pipallasi
pipoillasi
ablative
pipaltasi
pipoiltasi
allative
pipallesi
pipoillesi
essive
pipanasi
pipoinasi
translative
pipaksesi
pipoiksesi
abessive
pipattasi
pipoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pipoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipamme
pipamme
accusative
nom.
pipamme
pipamme
gen.
pipamme
genitive
pipamme
pipojemme pipaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaamme
pipojamme
inessive
pipassamme
pipoissamme
elative
pipastamme
pipoistamme
illative
pipaamme
pipoihimme
adessive
pipallamme
pipoillamme
ablative
pipaltamme
pipoiltamme
allative
pipallemme
pipoillemme
essive
pipanamme
pipoinamme
translative
pipaksemme
pipoiksemme
abessive
pipattamme
pipoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pipoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipanne
pipanne
accusative
nom.
pipanne
pipanne
gen.
pipanne
genitive
pipanne
pipojenne pipainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaanne
pipojanne
inessive
pipassanne
pipoissanne
elative
pipastanne
pipoistanne
illative
pipaanne
pipoihinne
adessive
pipallanne
pipoillanne
ablative
pipaltanne
pipoiltanne
allative
pipallenne
pipoillenne
essive
pipananne
pipoinanne
translative
pipaksenne
pipoiksenne
abessive
pipattanne
pipoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pipoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipansa
pipansa
accusative
nom.
pipansa
pipansa
gen.
pipansa
genitive
pipansa
pipojensa pipainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaansa
pipojaan pipojansa
inessive
pipassaan pipassansa
pipoissaan pipoissansa
elative
pipastaan pipastansa
pipoistaan pipoistansa
illative
pipaansa
pipoihinsa
adessive
pipallaan pipallansa
pipoillaan pipoillansa
ablative
pipaltaan pipaltansa
pipoiltaan pipoiltansa
allative
pipalleen pipallensa
pipoilleen pipoillensa
essive
pipanaan pipanansa
pipoinaan pipoinansa
translative
pipakseen pipaksensa
pipoikseen pipoiksensa
abessive
pipattaan pipattansa
pipoittaan pipoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pipoineen pipoinensa :

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

pipa (dialectal)
* Alternative form of pipo

##### Declension

Possessive forms of pipa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipani
pipani
accusative
nom.
pipani
pipani
gen.
pipani
genitive
pipani
pipojeni pipaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaani
pipojani
inessive
pipassani
pipoissani
elative
pipastani
pipoistani
illative
pipaani
pipoihini
adessive
pipallani
pipoillani
ablative
pipaltani
pipoiltani
allative
pipalleni
pipoilleni
essive
pipanani
pipoinani
translative
pipakseni
pipoikseni
abessive
pipattani
pipoittani
instructive
comitative
—pipoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipasi
pipasi
accusative
nom.
pipasi
pipasi
gen.
pipasi
genitive
pipasi
pipojesi pipaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaasi
pipojasi
inessive
pipassasi
pipoissasi
elative
pipastasi
pipoistasi
illative
pipaasi
pipoihisi
adessive
pipallasi
pipoillasi
ablative
pipaltasi
pipoiltasi
allative
pipallesi
pipoillesi
essive
pipanasi
pipoinasi
translative
pipaksesi
pipoiksesi
abessive
pipattasi
pipoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pipoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipamme
pipamme
accusative
nom.
pipamme
pipamme
gen.
pipamme
genitive
pipamme
pipojemme pipaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaamme
pipojamme
inessive
pipassamme
pipoissamme
elative
pipastamme
pipoistamme
illative
pipaamme
pipoihimme
adessive
pipallamme
pipoillamme
ablative
pipaltamme
pipoiltamme
allative
pipallemme
pipoillemme
essive
pipanamme
pipoinamme
translative
pipaksemme
pipoiksemme
abessive
pipattamme
pipoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pipoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipanne
pipanne
accusative
nom.
pipanne
pipanne
gen.
pipanne
genitive
pipanne
pipojenne pipainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaanne
pipojanne
inessive
pipassanne
pipoissanne
elative
pipastanne
pipoistanne
illative
pipaanne
pipoihinne
adessive
pipallanne
pipoillanne
ablative
pipaltanne
pipoiltanne
allative
pipallenne
pipoillenne
essive
pipananne
pipoinanne
translative
pipaksenne
pipoiksenne
abessive
pipattanne
pipoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pipoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pipansa
pipansa
accusative
nom.
pipansa
pipansa
gen.
pipansa
genitive
pipansa
pipojensa pipainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pipaansa
pipojaan pipojansa
inessive
pipassaan pipassansa
pipoissaan pipoissansa
elative
pipastaan pipastansa
pipoistaan pipoistansa
illative
pipaansa
pipoihinsa
adessive
pipallaan pipallansa
pipoillaan pipoillansa
ablative
pipaltaan pipaltansa
pipoiltaan pipoiltansa
allative
pipalleen pipallensa
pipoilleen pipoillensa
essive
pipanaan pipanansa
pipoinaan pipoinansa
translative
pipakseen pipaksensa
pipoikseen pipoiksensa
abessive
pipattaan pipattansa
pipoittaan pipoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pipoineen pipoinensa :

### Anagrams

* appi

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pipa m (plural pipas)
* pipa (instrument)

### Further reading

* “pipa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpipɐ]

### Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)
* pipe, butt
** 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:Item aqui en casa tres pipas et dous tonees et tres barrys grandesItem, here at home, three pipes and two tuns and three large barrels
* pipe, flute
    Synonym: pito
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.And some played horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside
* tobacco pipe
    Synonym: cachimba

#### Derived terms

* pipote

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pipa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pipa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pipa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pipa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pipa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pipa, from French pipe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpipɒ]
* Hyphenation: pi‧pa
* Rhymes: -pɒ

### Noun

pipa (plural pipák)
* pipe (for smoking)
* tick, checkmark (✓)
    Coordinate term: (×) iksz

#### Derived terms

* vízipipa

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: pipă

### Adjective

pipa (comparative pipább, superlative legpipább)
* (colloquial, predicatively) angry, furious
    Nagyon pipa vagyok rád. ― I'm very angry with you.

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ pipa in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* pipa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

* From Malay pipa (“barrel, cask, chimney”), from Portuguese pipa (“cask”), from Old Galician-Portuguese pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipo (“I pip”).
* The sense “pipe” is a semantic loan from Dutch pijp.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpipa]
* Hyphenation: pi‧pa

### Noun

pipa (plural pipa-pipa)
* pipe,
** a rigid tube that transports water, steam or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications
    Synonyms: pembuluh, buluh-buluh
** a hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe
* chimney
    Synonym: cerobong

#### Alternative forms

* paip (“pipe”) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

#### Derived terms

* berpipa
* pemipaan
* perpipaan

### Further reading

* “pipa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.pa/
* Rhymes: -ipa
* Hyphenation: pì‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

#### Noun

pipa f (plural pipe)
* pipe
* (vulgar, slang) a wank

##### Descendants

* → Czech: pípa
* → German: Pipe
* → Greek: πίπα (pípa)
* → Hungarian: pipa
** → Romanian: pipă
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: пипа
    Latin script: pipa
* → Slovak: pipa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pipa
* inflection of pipare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* appi, papi

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pipa and/or Italian pipa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiː.pa/

### Noun

pipa f (plural pipi)
* pipe (smoking implement)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* pipen

### Noun

pipa m or f
* definite feminine singular of pipe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

pipa f (definite singular pipa, indefinite plural piper or pipor, definite plural pipene or pipone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of pipe
* definite singular of pipe

### Verb

pipa (present tense pip, past tense peip, supine pipe, past participle pipen, present participle pipande, imperative pip)
* Alternative form of pipe

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ipa
* Syllabification: pi‧pa

### Etymology 1

Probably from French pipe or Italian pipa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa.

#### Noun

pipa f (diminutive pipka)
* pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)
    Synonym: pipeta
* (colloquial, vulgar) minge
    Synonym: cipa
* (derogatory, vulgar) pussy, sissy (timid, unassertive or cowardly person)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá).

#### Noun

pipa f
* pipa (Chinese lute)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* pipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* pipo

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.pɐ/
* Hyphenation: pi‧pa

### Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)
* pipe (a wooden barrel, cask, or vat, especially for wine)
    Synonym: barril
* (historical, measure) pipe (a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 400–550 liters depending on the part of Portugal)
* (measure) truckload (the volume of a tanker)
* (Brazil) kite (a flying toy on a string)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) pandorga, (Portugal) papagaio de papel
    soltar pipa ― to fly a kite

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of liquid volume): almude ($^1$⁄$_{25}$ pipa), barril ($^1$⁄$_8$ or $^1$⁄$_6$ pipa), tonel (2 pipas)

#### Derived terms

* caminhão-pipa

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: પીપ (pīp)
* → Swahili: pipa

## Romanian
### Etymology

From pipă +‎ -a.

### Verb

a pipa (third-person singular present pipează, past participle pipat) 1st conjugation
* to smoke a pipe

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pîpa/
* Hyphenation: pi‧pa

### Noun

pȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏па)
* faucet, tap
    Synonyms: slàvina, špȋna, rubìnet

#### Declension
### References

* “pipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pìːpa/

### Noun

pípa f
* tap, faucet (device to dispense liquid)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpipa/ [ˈpi.pa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ipa
* Syllabification: pi‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip”).

#### Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)
* pipe (device used for smoking)
    Synonym: cachimba
* barrel
    Synonyms: cuba, barril
* (colloquial) gun; shooter

#### Noun

pipa m or f by sense (plural pipas)
* (colloquial) roadie

##### Derived terms

* apiparse
* empipar
* limpiapipas
* pipa de agua
* pipeño
* pipote

##### Descendants

* → Basque: pipa

#### Adverb

pipa
* (colloquial) very good
    Synonym: estupendamente
    Se lo está pasando pipa.He's having a blast.

##### Derived terms

* pasarlo pipa

### Etymology 2

From pepita.

#### Noun

pipa m (plural pipas)
* (colloquial) a genius, a smart person

#### Noun

pipa f (plural pipas)
* (Spain) sunflower seed
    Synonym: pepita
* (Central America) green coconut

##### Derived terms

* no tener ni para pipas

##### Related terms

* pepa
* pepita

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pipa
* inflection of pipar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pipa”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pipa.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

pipa class V (plural mapipa class VI)
* barrel, cask

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse pípa.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pipa c
* a pipe (e.g. smoking tool, organ pipe etc)
    röka pipasmoke a pipe
* the barrel of a gun
    hälla krut i pipanpour gunpowder into the barrel
* a small wind instrument; flute
* the hollow tube of a bone
* a type of Chinese lute; pipa
* (slang) singing voice
* (historical) a pipe (an old unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 470 liters or 124 US gallons)

#### Derived terms

* benpipa
* glasblåsarpipa (“glassblower pipe”)
* kritpipa (“smoking pipe made of clay”)
* orgelpipa (“organ pipe”)
* piprensare (“smoking pipe cleaner wire”)
* piptobak (“pipe tobacco”)
* säckpipa (“bagpipe”)
* tobakspipa

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: piippu
** → Ingrian: piippu

### Verb

pipa (present piper, preterite pep, supine pipit, imperative pip)
* to yield a high sound or tone; squeak, peep, beep
    Möss, fågelungar och datorer piperMice squeak, baby birds peep, and computers beep

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### See also

* pip
* pipare
* pipljud

### References

* pipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Venetan
### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pipa (“pipe”), from Latin pipo (“I pip”).

#### Noun

pipa f
* pipe

### Etymology 2

Compare Spanish pepita (“nugget”), Portuguese pevide (“flat seed”).

#### Noun

pipa f
* acorn

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

pipa f
* circumflex (diacritic)
* háček (diacritic)

### References

* “pipa₁”, “pipa₂”, and “pipa₃” listed on page 216 of Lodovico Pizzati’s Venetian–English English–Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians (2007, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪpa/

### Verb

pipa
* inflection of pipo:
** first-person singular future
** second-person singular imperative

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.