stipe
See also: Stipe
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /staɪp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪp
Etymology 1
editFrom French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).
Noun
editstipe (plural stipes)
- The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
- The trunk of a tree.
- The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
- The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
Related terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 2
editShortened from stipendiary.
Noun
editstipe (plural stipes)
- (historical, slang) A stipendiary magistrate.
- 2015, Barrington Black, Both Sides of the Bench, page 186:
- The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editstipe m (plural stipes)
- stipe (stem)
Further reading
edit- “stipe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editNoun
editstipe
West Frisian
editEtymology
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Noun
editstipe c (plural stipen, diminutive stypke)
Further reading
edit- “stipe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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