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Definitions and meaning of asp

asp

Translingual

Symbol

asp

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Algerian Sign Language.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsp/
• Rhymes: -æsp

Etymology 1

From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.

Noun

asp (plural asps)

1. (archaic) A water snake.
2. A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
3. The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
4. (figurative) An evil person; a snake.
5. A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
6. (Southern US) The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched.
   1. (by extension) Any caterpillar which inflicts a sharp pain when their hair is touched.

Synonyms

• (Vipera aspis): asp viper, European asp, aspis viper

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-.

See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).

Noun

asp (plural asps)

1. An aspen tree.

Derived terms

• quaking asp

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

asp

1. (UK, law, in citation) Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament.

Anagrams

• SPA, APS, Spa, SAP, sap, APs, Psa., PsA, spa, s.ap., pas, Pas, PSA, SpA, PAs, PAS

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫsp, ösp.

Noun

asp c (singular definite aspen, plural indefinite aspe)

1. aspen (Populus tremula)

Declension

References

• “asp” in Den Danske Ordbog

Irish

Etymology

From Latin aspis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra”).

Noun

asp f (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspanna)

1. asp

   Synonym: foiléasán (literary)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asp”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “asp”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asp”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Italian

Alternative forms

• aspe

Verb

asp

1. (Internet, text messaging) abbreviation of aspetta

Middle English

Noun

asp

1. alternative form of aspe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫsp, ösp.

Noun

asp f or m (definite singular aspa or aspen, indefinite plural asper, definite plural aspene)

1. alternative form of osp

References

• “asp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

asp m (definite singular aspen, indefinite plural aspar, definite plural aspane)

1. (zoology) asp (Aspius aspius)

References

• “asp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”).

Noun

asp c

1. Aspen; a type of poplar tree. (Populus tremula)
2. A type of fish. (Aspius aspius)
3. An African snake. (Vipera aspis)

Declension

Related terms

• äsping

Anagrams

• SAP, spa.

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian اسب (asb).

Noun

asp

1. horse