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Definitions and meaning of cep

cep

English

Alternative forms

  • cèpe
  • cepe

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

cep (plural ceps)

  1. An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

Synonyms

  • penny bun
  • porcini

Translations

Anagrams

  • CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, PEC, pce, pec

Ainu

Etymology

From ci- (“mediopassive prefix”) +‎ e (“to eat”) +‎ -p (“thing”), literally “thing that is eaten”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃep/

Noun

cep (Kana spelling チェㇷ゚)

  1. fish

References


Albanian

Alternative forms

  • step — metathesis

Etymology

Doublet of thep, with affricated initial consonant. More at thep. Part of a rich phonolexical series represented by variants covering almost all vocalic grades ("a", "e", "i", "o", "u") and with consonantal variants with "c", "ç", "q", and "sh" (çak, cek, çek, qek, cik, çik, cok, çok, qok, cuk, quk, çuk, etc).
Source of Romanian țeapă, or cognate to it from a common pre-Roman term of Balkan substratum. Possible co-source of Romanian țipilic (“peak, top”) and țăpălic (“id.”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛp]

Noun

cep m (plural cepa, definite cepi, definite plural cepat)

  1. corner, angle, wedge
    Synonyms: skanj, qoshe, kënd
  2. edge, tip; tip of the shoulder
    Synonyms: fund, anë, zgrip, skaj
  3. (geometry) external angle
  4. (geography) cape
  5. beak
    Synonym: sqep
  6. peak, top (of mountain or rock)
    Synonyms: majë, thep, kep

Declension

Related terms

  • thep

Derived terms

  • cepoj
  • cepatar
  • cepatare

References

Further reading

  • “cep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛp]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəp]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈsep]

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

  1. vine
  2. porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)
    Synonym: buixó

Derived terms

  • cep negre
  • cep regi

Further reading

  • “cep”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “cep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cěp, from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛp]
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool)

Declension

Further reading

  • “cep”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “cep”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “cep”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippe, cèpe, and sep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛp/, (archaic also) /sɛ/
  • Homophones: cèpe, cèpes, ceps, sep, seps

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

  1. vine
  2. archaic spelling of sep

Further reading

  • “cep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. (often in the plural) flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “cepë”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cepë”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 126
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cep”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cep”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2]
  • “cep”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • “cepë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Verb

cep

  1. inflection of cept:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cept
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cept

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • cepow

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep

  1. genitive of cepy

Middle English

Noun

cep

  1. alternative form of cappe

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːp/

Verb

cēp

  1. singular imperative of cēpan

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ. First attested in 1400.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛp/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛp/

Noun

cep m inan

  1. (chiefly in the plural, attested in Pomerania, Kuyavia, Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands) flail, thresher (tool for threshing grain)
  2. (in the plural) flail (iron weapon resembling this tool)

Descendants

  • Polish: cep, cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)
  • Silesian: cep, cyp

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “cepy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “cepy”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “cep, cepy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “cep”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  • K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 218
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “cepy”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

Alternative forms

  • cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
  2. flail (weapon in the shape of this tool)
  3. (in the plural, mining) tightener (device that increases the manual force when tightening parts of a drilling jig)
  4. (weaving) loom pedal (type of pedal that moves s mechanism for interlacing warp threads in a weaving loom)

Usage notes

  • Historically and dialectally only in the plural.

Declension

Noun

cep m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) moron, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Further reading

  • cep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cep in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cep”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “CEP”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2014
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 264
  • Jan Karłowicz (1900) “cep”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 166
  • cep in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Jan Łoś (1886) “cepy”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182
  • Roman Zawiliński (1880) “cepy”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 227

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus, with some senses possibly influenced by Proto-Slavic *čepъ.

Noun

cep n (plural cepuri)

  1. tap, spigot, plug, spile

Declension

See also

  • dop, nod, ciot

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ (Russian цеп (cep), Polish cepy).

Alternative forms

  • cijȇp (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sêːp/

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

  1. slip, graft, scion (shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting)
Declension

Etymology 2

From cépati.

Alternative forms

  • cijȇp (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sêːp/

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

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Declension

References

  • “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Silesian

Alternative forms

  • cyp

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish cep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

Noun

cep m pers

  1. (derogatory) moron, idiot

Further reading

  • cep in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “cep”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 67
  • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “cep, cyp”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section C, page 11
  • Michał Przywara (c. 1900) “cep”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik‎[16]

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sep]

Noun

cep m inan (relational adjective cepový, augmentative cepisko)

  1. flail

Declension

Further reading

  • “cep”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Tatar

Noun

cep

  1. thread

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیب (ceb, cep), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “pocket”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒep/

Noun

cep (definite accusative cebi, plural cepler)

  1. pocket
  2. (colloquial) mobile phone

Declension

Derived terms

  • cep telefonu

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