responsa

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

2. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

• “responsa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• S'poreans, personas, pronases

Borrowed from English response, French réponse, Italian responso, Spanish responso and Portuguese responso; all from Latin respōnsum.

• IPA^(key): /resˈpon.sa/
• Rhymes: -onsa
• Hyphenation: res‧pon‧sa

responsa (plural responsas)

1. answer (response)

• respōnsa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛsˈpõː.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [resˈpɔn.sa]
  • Hyphenation: res‧pōn‧sa
• respōnsā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛsˈpõː.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [resˈpɔn.sa]
  • Hyphenation: res‧pōn‧sā

respōnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of respōnsō

respōnsa n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of respōnsum

• “responsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Clipping of responsabilidade.

• Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -õsɐ
• Hyphenation: res‧pon‧sa

responsa f (uncountable)

1. (slang) clipping of responsabilidade (“responsibility”)

• “responsa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “responsa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

responsa

1. inflection of responsar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative