carp

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹp/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)p

From Middle English carpe, from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa)[1].

carp (plural carp or carps)

1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

• bighead carp
• common carp
• silver carp

• koi

From Old Norse karpa (“to boast”)[1], karp (“bragging”).

carp (third-person singular simple present carps, present participle carping, simple past and past participle carped)

1. To complain about a fault; to harp on.
2. (obsolete) To say; to tell.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

• ACPR, APCR, CRAP, RCAP, crap, parc, prac

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾp/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkarp/

carp m (plural carps)

1. carpus

• carpià

• “carp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.