Dictionary

alpaca en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ælˈpækə/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
   • Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas? 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
2. (uncountable) Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white.
   • A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken. 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company:
3. (countable, uncountable) A garment made of such wool.
   • The dress was at the bottom, — it was an alpaca, of a pretty shade in blue, bedecked with lace and ribbons, as is the fashion of the hour, and lined with sea-green silk. 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

Forms

Deriveds

llapaca · alpaca back and sides

Descendants

อัลปากา · અલ્પાકા

Synonyms

paco · alpaco

Translations (66)

gu અલ્પાકા (camelid animal of the Andes) · tr alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · cmn 草泥馬 /草泥马 (camelid animal of the Andes) · ay allpaqa (camelid animal of the Andes) · vi alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · nb alpakka (camelid animal of the Andes) · bg въ́лна от алпа́ка (wool) · de Alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · ga alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · ar أَلْبَكَة (camelid animal of the Andes) · fa آلپاکا (camelid animal of the Andes) · fi alpakka (camelid animal of the Andes) · ia alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · af skaapkameel (camelid animal of the Andes) · ro alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · sv alpacka (camelid animal of the Andes) · pl alpaka (wool) · vo läpak (camelid animal of the Andes) · ru альпа́ка (camelid animal of the Andes) · lo ອູດແກະ (camelid animal of the Andes) · pl alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · ja アルパカ (camelid animal of the Andes) · vi lạc đà alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · as এল্পেকা (camelid animal of the Andes) · af lamawol (wool) · bg алпа́ка (camelid animal of the Andes) · pt alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · hy ալպակա (camelid animal of the Andes) · ga olann alpaca (wool) · be альпа́ка (camelid animal of the Andes) · fo alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · chr ᎡᎵᏆᎦ (camelid animal of the Andes) · de Alpakahengst (camelid animal of the Andes) · vi lạc đà cừu (camelid animal of the Andes) · af alpakka (camelid animal of the Andes) · fr alpaga (camelid animal of the Andes) · fi alpakka (wool) · da alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · hu alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · ca alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · qu allpaqa (camelid animal of the Andes) · mi āpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · uk альпа́ка (camelid animal of the Andes) · nl alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · el αλπάκα (camelid animal of the Andes) · mk алпака (camelid animal of the Andes) · io alpako (camelid animal of the Andes) · hy ալպակա (wool) · nn alpakka (camelid animal of the Andes) · sl alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · la Lama pacos (camelid animal of the Andes) · cs alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · cmn 羊駝 /羊驼 (camelid animal of the Andes) · tl alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · sh alpaka (camelid animal of the Andes) · cmn 美洲駝 /美洲驼 (camelid animal of the Andes) · el αλπακάς (wool) · eo alpako (camelid animal of the Andes) · ko 알파카 (camelid animal of the Andes) · it alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · ka ალპაკა (camelid animal of the Andes) · es alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · th อัลปากา (camelid animal of the Andes) · ast alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes) · cmn 無峰駝 /无峰驼 (camelid animal of the Andes) · de Alpakastute (camelid animal of the Andes)