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kelp en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kɛlp/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • kĕlp (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of unclear origin, though the attested forms point to Old English *cylp, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kulpi, from Proto-Germanic *kulpiz (“lump, boll”, referencing the airsacks of species such as bladderwrack and knotweed), potentially a substrate term connected to Latin globus (“globe”) and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump”). If the above theory is accepted, cognate with Low German Kulp, Külp, Kulpe (“lump in the eye, ball, thick nose”), Norwegian Nynorsk kulp (“short tube”), and Swedish kulp (“stout person”); further compare Bavarian Kolpel (“lump of stone”), Icelandic kúlpa (“to protrude”), Low German kulpen, külpen (“to pile up”), Low German Kulpogen (“large eye”), and West Frisian kolpje (“to pout”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
    • Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines. 2021 June 26, “Why New England is going wild for wet weeds”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.

Forms

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kelps Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

kelp gull · kelpwort · bladder kelp · Kelper · kelp salmon · stalked kelp · golden kelp · kelp greenling · kelper · kelpfish · giant kelp · kelp bass · sugar kelp · feather boa kelp · kelp forest · kelp bed · bull kelp · kelp pigeon · kelp goose · kelp crab

Descendants

kelp · Kelp · quelpo · ceilp · ceilp

Hyponyms

kombu

Meronyms

stipe

Synonyms

oyster grass

Translations (49)

fr kelp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · pl spopielony listownicowiec (calcined ashes of seaweed) · fi taarimainen levä (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · gl soga (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · nl kelp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ko 켈프 (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · sv kelp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ga ceilp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · eo laminario (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fr laminaire (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ru бу́рая во́доросль (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ru ламина́рия (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ro laminaria (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fi kalsinoitu merileväntuhka (calcined ashes of seaweed) · de Seetang (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · es quelpo (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · de Tang (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · es kelp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · cy môr-wiail (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · gl carromeiro (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · is þari (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · gd ceilp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ja コンブ (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fo tari (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fr varech (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · cs kelpa (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · vo varäk (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · pt alga marinha (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · mi pakakē (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · cmn 昆布 (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ro varec (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · pl listownicowiec (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fi kelppi (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · vi tảo bẹ (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ko 다시마 (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · da kelp (calcined ashes of seaweed) · ca varec (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · gl golfeira (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · gl golfe (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · no tare (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fa اشنیه (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · cmn 海帶 /海带 (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · de Kelp (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · mi pakakā (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fa کتانجک (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · mi rimurapa (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · fr goémon (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · ja 昆布 (large seaweed of order Laminariales) · mi kōauau (large seaweed of order Laminariales)

kelp en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kɛlp/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • kĕlp (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of unclear origin, though the attested forms point to Old English *cylp, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kulpi, from Proto-Germanic *kulpiz (“lump, boll”, referencing the airsacks of species such as bladderwrack and knotweed), potentially a substrate term connected to Latin globus (“globe”) and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump”). If the above theory is accepted, cognate with Low German Kulp, Külp, Kulpe (“lump in the eye, ball, thick nose”), Norwegian Nynorsk kulp (“short tube”), and Swedish kulp (“stout person”); further compare Bavarian Kolpel (“lump of stone”), Icelandic kúlpa (“to protrude”), Low German kulpen, külpen (“to pile up”), Low German Kulpogen (“large eye”), and West Frisian kolpje (“to pout”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To gather kelp.
    • Just before we reached Seward the pilot got a radio message that a fishing boat in Thumb Cove had some kelp […] Neither of us had ever kelped before but there wasn't much to it, and we started bringing in full boxes back to Eads' barge. 2018, John Walter Sutherland, Resurrection Road, page 94:

Forms

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kelped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kelped Tense=Past lexicographic
kelping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kelps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

kelper

kelp en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /kɛlp/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • kĕlp (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English kelpe, kylpe, from Old Norse kilpr (“the handle of a vessel, loop”). Related to Old Norse kelpa (“otter trap”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) A hook or crook by which a pot is hung over a fire.
  2. (obsolete) A sheath.

Forms

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kelps Number=Plur lexicographic