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aripă

  • /aˈri.pə/
  • /ˈa.ri.pə/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), or ālipēs ("winged on the feet"), ultimately from āla. Compare Aromanian aripã, arpã, French aube, Spanish álabe.

noun aripi · aripă · aripa · aripile

  1. feminine wing (part of an animal)
  2. feminine fin (part of an animal)

    Similar: înotătoare

  3. feminine mudguard
  4. feminine aircraft wing
  5. feminine, figuratively wing, faction (faction of a political movement)
  6. feminine, figuratively shelter, protection
  7. feminine vane (on a windmill)

In English

  • wing part of an animal
  • fin appendage of a fish

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MLA

"aripă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/arip%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

aripă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arip%C4%83

Chicago

"aripă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arip%C4%83.

BibTeX
@misc{aripa_2026,
  title = {aripă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arip%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}