pipoca

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (feminine) popcorn
2. (feminine) small skin boil
3. (feminine) tapeworm cyst embedded in meat
4. (Brazil, colloquial, feminine) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
5. (Brazil, feminine) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of pipocar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of pipocar:

pipocar

1. (Brazil, intransitive) to pop (of popcorn, or to make a similar popping sound)
2. (Brazil, intransitive) to boil with bubbles (of water)
3. (Brazil, colloquial, figuratively, intransitive) to pop up, to appear suddenly
4. (Brazil, colloquial, intransitive) to wimp out, to act fearfully

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Concepts

pop-corn

🍿

popcorn

maïs éclaté

🍿

maïs soufflé

🍿

Traductions

popcorn

🍿

patlamış mısır

pof-maïs

popcorn

Popcorn

🍿

gepofte maïs

popcorn

🍿

palomitas de maíz

pochoclo

🍿

cancha

pop

millo

Puffmais

🍿

popped corn

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/piˈpɔ.kɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Unknown. Sources are unanimous in mentioning a borrowing from Old Tupi pipoka, which is unnatested.