carp
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Middle English carpe (“the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)”), from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *karpo (possibly due to the introduction from the fish from the Danube into England in the 14th century; whence Middle Low German karpe and Old High German charpho, karpho); further etymology unknown.
Inflected forms:
form: carp
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: carps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: carps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: carpest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: carpedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: carps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carpeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: carp
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: carping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: carped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
pos: noun
examples: The Carp is a ſtately, a good, and a ſubtle fiſh, a fiſh that hath not (as it is ſaid) been long in England, but ſaid to be by one Mr. Maſcall (a Gentleman then living at Plumſted in Suſſex) brought into this Nation: […] Carps and Loches are obſerved to breed ſeveral months in one year, vvhich moſt other fiſh do not, and it is the rather believed, becauſe you ſhall ſcarce or never take a Male Carp vvithout a Melt, or a Female vvithout a Roe or Spavvn; […]
Like scaly carp and feathered swan
To nature's world we do belong.
Illinois took the initiative in renaming the Asian carp given the state’s position as a sort of “last stand” against the carp entering the Great Lakes.
Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps and ducks residing in the castle moat.
gloss: Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
pos: noun
tags: often
specifically
gloss: To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Here agayne Seruetto carpeth, yͭ God did beare the perſon of an Angel. As thoughe the Prophete did not confirme that whiche Moſes had ſaied: why doeſt thou aſke me of my name?
Enuie vvhy carpeſt thou my time is ſpent ſo ill, / And termſt my vvorkes fruites of an idle quill.
[W]ith your good countenance protect against the malice of euill mouthes, vvhich are alvvaies vvide open to carpe at and miſconstrue my ſimple meaning.
[I]f vve ſhould never cenſure vvithout great Reaſon or neceſſity, hovv ſeldom ſhould vve do it? […] [D]o vve not eagerly ſearch after, and greedily embrace all occaſions to do it? Is it not a pleaſant entertainment to us, to be carping and cavelling at any Body vve meet, at any thing vve ſee done?
My vvorthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, / Tho' Fortune uſe you hard an' ſharp; / Come, kittle up your moorland harp / VVi' gleeſome touch!
[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of] Clarendon's touch, where in his memoirs he speaks of Falkland, is simpler than in the History. But we will not carp at this great writer and faithful friend.
gloss: To speak, to talk; also, to talk about a subject in speech or writing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: And some of them barke, / Clatter and carpe / Of that heresy arte / Called Wicleuista, / The deuelysshe dogmatista; […]
And therwithall came curiouſneſſe and carped out of frame. / The audience laught to heare the ſtrife as they beheld the ſame.
Psha! thou carpest and carpest, and yet tell'st nought; in a word, What say'st thou to him?
gloss: Of a bird: to sing; of a person (such as a minstrel): to sing or recite.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Hys hart is to hy to haue any hap; / But for in his gamut carp that he can, / Lo, Jak wold be a jentylman!
Then aye he harped, and aye he carped, / Till a' the Lordlings footed the floor; / But an' the music was sae sweet, / The groom had nae mind o' the stable door.
gloss: To say or tell (something).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To find fault with (someone or something); to censure, to criticize.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Albeit I doe knovve they [the speeches] vvill lie open to the cenſure of the youth of our time, vvho for the moſt part, are ſo over-gulled vvith ſelf-liking, that they are more then giddy in admiring themſelves, and carping vvhatſoever hath beene done or ſaide heeretofore, Nevertheleſſe I hope that all are not of one humour, and doubt not, but that there is diverſitie of taſtes, as vvas among Horaces gueſts; […]
[W]hen I ſpoke, / My honeſt homely vvords vvere carp'd, and cenſur'd, / For vvant of Courtly ſtile: […]
Derived words: Asian carp
bighead carp
black carp
carp bream
carpless
carplike
carp louse
carp pox
carpsucker
common carp
crucian carp
flying carp
German carp
grass carp
holy carp
Indian carp
invasive carp
Japanese crucian carp
koi
koi carp
leather carp
mirror carp
mud carp
Prussian carp
river carp
sabre carp
silver carp
toothcarp
carper
carping
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: wôbhagas
lang: Afrikaans
word: karp
lang: Albanian
word: krap
lang: Arabic
word: شَبُّوط
roman: šabbūṭ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܫܒܘܛܐ
roman: šabbūṭā
lang: Armenian
word: ծածան
roman: cacan
lang: Middle Armenian
word: շապութ
roman: šaputʻ
lang: Asturian
word: carpa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: karp
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çəki balığı
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sazan
lang: Basque
word: karpa
lang: Belarusian
word: карп
roman: karp
lang: Bulgarian
word: шара́н
roman: šarán
lang: Catalan
word: carpa
lang: Cebuano
word: karpa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鯉魚 /鲤鱼
roman: lǐyú
lang: Czech
word: kapr
lang: Danish
word: karpe
lang: Dutch
word: karper
lang: Esperanto
word: karpo
lang: Faroese
word: karpa
lang: Finnish
word: karppi
lang: French
word: carpe
lang: Galician
word: carpa
lang: Georgian
word: ჭანარი
roman: č̣anari
lang: Georgian
word: კობრი
roman: ḳobri
lang: German
word: Karpfen
lang: Greek
word: κυπρίνος
roman: kyprínos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κυπρῖνος
roman: kuprînos
lang: Hebrew
word: קרפיון
roman: qarpion
lang: Hungarian
word: ponty
lang: Icelandic
word: vatnakarfi
lang: Ido
word: karpo
lang: Indonesian
word: ikan mas
lang: Indonesian
word: karper
lang: Irish
word: carbán
lang: Italian
word: carpa
lang: Italian
word: reina
lang: Japanese
word: 鯉
roman: koi
lang: Japanese
word: コイ
roman: koi
lang: Kazakh
word: тұқы
roman: tūqy
lang: Korean
word: 잉어
roman: ing'eo
lang: Latin
word: carpa
lang: Macedonian
word: крап
roman: krap
lang: Malay
word: ikan mas
lang: Malay
word: kap
lang: Manchu
word: ᡶᡠᠰᡝᠯᡳ
roman: fuseli
lang: Māori
word: morihana
lang: Moksha
word: шипёр
roman: šipör
lang: Norman
word: carpe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: karpe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: karpefisk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: karpe
lang: Nuosu
word: ꆹꒄꉛ
roman: li yup hxe
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: потька
roman: potʹka
lang: Persian
word: کپور
roman: kapur
lang: Polish
word: karp
lang: Portuguese
word: carpa
lang: Romanian
word: crap
lang: Russian
word: карп
roman: karp
lang: Russian
word: саза́н
roman: sazán
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кра̏п
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ша̀ран
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: krȁp
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šàran
lang: Slovak
word: kapor
lang: Slovene
word: krap
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: karpa
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: karp
lang: Spanish
word: carpa
lang: Swedish
word: karp
lang: Tagalog
word: karpa
lang: Tamil
word: சேல்
roman: cēl
lang: Tamil
word: கெண்டை
roman: keṇṭai
lang: Tamil
word: கெண்டைமீன்
roman: keṇṭaimīṉ
lang: Thai
word: ไน
roman: nai
lang: Turkish
word: sazan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سازان
roman: sazan
lang: Ukrainian
word: ко́роп
roman: kórop
lang: Vietnamese
word: cá chép
lang: Volapük
word: karip
lang: Yiddish
word: קאַרפּ
roman: karp
lang: Zazaki
word: kapır
lang: Zazaki
word: sazan