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3-letter words (2 found)

DOP,POD,

2-letter words (4 found)

DO,OD,OP,PO,

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Definitions and meaning of dop

dop

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɒp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare diepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).

Noun

dop (plural dops)

  1. A diving bird.

Etymology 2

From Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).

Verb

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

  1. (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
  2. To dip or duck.

Etymology 3

From Dutch dop, from Middle Dutch dop, dup, doppe, from Old Dutch *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-West Germanic *dupp, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, shell, bowl”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dop (“shell, pod, bowl”), German Topf (“pot”).

Alternative forms

  • dopp

Noun

dop (plural dops)

  1. (South Africa, slang). A drink.
  2. (South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
  3. (obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
  4. (diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Synonyms
  • (cup in which diamond is cut): doop

Verb

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

  1. (South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.

See also

  • dop kit

Anagrams

  • -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔp/
  • Hyphenation: dop
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch doppe, dup, from Old Dutch *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-West Germanic *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, well, bowl”). Cognate with German Topf (“pot”).

Noun

dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)

  1. A shell (of an egg or a fruit for example).
    Beter een half ei dan een hele dop. - Better half an egg than a whole (empty) shell.
  2. A hemispherical container such as a thimble.
  3. A bottle cap.
    Synonym: flessendop
  4. (chiefly in the plural) An eyelid.
    Kijk uit je doppen! - Look out!
  5. (Belgium, uncountable) The dole, unemployment benefit.
Derived terms
  • dopbeitel
  • dopbonen
  • doperwt
  • dopgeld
  • dopheide
  • dophoed
  • dopijzer
  • dopjongen
  • doppen (verb)
  • doppot
  • dopverband
  • dopvrucht
  • eierdop
  • flessendop
  • in de dop
  • vingerdop
  • wieldop
Descendants
  • Petjo: dop
  • → Indonesian: dop
  • → Papiamentu: dòpi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dop

  1. inflection of doppen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dopo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dop/, /dɔp/

Preposition

dop

  1. behind, after (in place), back of

Antonyms

  • avan

Derived terms

  • dopa (“back, rear, hind”)
  • dope (“astern, at the back, aback”)
  • dopo (“back”)
  • dopajo (“rear, back (object or part behind)”)
  • dedop (“from behind”)
  • dop-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔp]
  • Hyphenation: dop

Noun

dop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)

  1. A cap of axis.
  2. An arc lamp.

Further reading

  • “dop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).

Noun

dop n (plural dopuri)

  1. cork (of a bottle), stopper
    Synonym: (popular) astupuș

Declension

Derived terms

  • îndopa

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dōpe, from Old Saxon dōpi, from Proto-West Germanic *daupīni, from Proto-Germanic *daupīniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Related to doppa (“to dip”), döpa (“to baptize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːp/

Noun

dop n

  1. A baptism, a christening ceremony.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • djup
  • dopp
  • doppa
  • döpa

References

  • dop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • dop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • dop in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org