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Definitions and meaning of lep

lep

Translingual

Symbol

lep

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lepcha.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lepcha terms

English

Etymology

Short for Lepidoptera.

Noun

lep (plural leps)

1. (rare, sciences) A butterfly or moth.

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LPE, pel

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *läppɜ (“roof, cover”). Cognate with Udmurt липыны (ľipyny, “covering, roof”) and Lule Sami liehpa/liehppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛp]
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

lep

1. (literary or archaic) to cover

   See synonyms at Thesaurus:fed.

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

• lep (…) be, be … lep ― belep
• lep (…) el, el … lep ― ellep
• lep (…) meg, meg … lep ― meglep

Conjugation

Derived terms

• lepel

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• lep in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Luo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀p/

Noun

lep

1. tongue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leep, lepe

Etymology

From Old English leap; see further there.

Noun

lep (plural lepes)

1. A basket; a bucket.

Descendants

• English: leap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lep

1. (non-standard since 1938) present tense of lepja
2. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of lepja

Anagrams

• pel

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp
• Syllabification: lep

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑pъ.

Noun

lep m inan

1. flypaper (“a strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it”)

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lep f

1. genitive plural of lepa

Verb

lep

1. second-person singular imperative of lepić

Further reading

• lep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lijȇp (Ijekavian)
• lip (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːp/

Adjective

lȇp (Cyrillic spelling ле̑п, definite lȇpī, comparative lȅpšī)

1. nice, pretty

Declension

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːp/

Adjective

lẹ̑p (comparative lẹ̑pši, superlative nȁjlẹ̑pši)

1. beautiful; handsome

   Antonym: gȓd

   Njegova hči je mlada in zelo lepa ženska. ― His daughter is a young and very pretty woman.

2. nice

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• lepóten
• lepóta
• lepótec / lepotíca
• lẹ̑pšati

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːp/

Noun

lẹ̑p m inan

1. (archaic) glue

   Synonym: lepílo

Declension

Further reading

• “lep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leppä, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *léiˀpāˀ. Cognates include Finnish leppä.

Pronunciation

Noun

lep

1. alder (tree)

Declension

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lep]

Noun

lep (nominative plural leps)

1. (male or female) ape
2. (male or female) monkey

Declension

Derived terms

• lepik

Related terms

Source: wiktionary.org