drupa

From Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: drù‧pa

drupa f (plural drupe)

1. (botany) drupe

• nocciolo

• pruda

• drūpa oliva
• druppa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρῠ́ππᾱ (drŭ́ppā, “olive”), elliptic form of δρῠ́πεπᾰ (ἐλαίᾱ) (drŭ́pepă (elaíā), “ripe olive”), from δρῠοπέτης (drŭopétēs), δρῠπεπής (drŭpepḗs), δρῡ́πεψ (drū́peps, “fully ripe”, literally “ripened on a tree”), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πεπ- (pep-, “to ripen”) + -ής (-ḗs, forming adjectives).

drūpa f (genitive drūpae); first declension

1. (botany) drupe

First-declension noun.

• “druppa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “drūpa oliva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe; stone fruit (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit)

• “drupa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “drupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), accusative of δρύπεψ (drúpeps), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾupa/ [ˈd̪ɾu.pa]
• Rhymes: -upa
• Syllabification: dru‧pa

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe

• “drupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025