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3-letter words (2 found)

NAP,PAN,

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AN,NA,PA,

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Definitions and meaning of nap

nap

Translingual

Symbol

nap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Neapolitan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /nap/
  • (US) IPA(key): /næp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • Homophone: knap

Etymology 1

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).

Noun

nap (plural naps)

  2. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shut-eye, Thesaurus:sleep
Derived terms
Translations
See also

See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for collocations of nap.

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
    Synonyms: snooze, doze
  2. (figuratively) To be off one's guard.
Derived terms
  • catch napping
Translations

Etymology 2

From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.

Noun

nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)

  2. A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
    • 1987, Some Data Processing Requirements for Precision Nap-Of-the-Earth (NOE) Guidance and Control of Rotorcraft:
      If incorporated in automatic guidance, this practical pursuit adjustment will enhance pilot acceptance of automatic guidance in following nap-of-the-earth profiles with precision.
  4. The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
    If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.
Derived terms
  • nap dress
  • napless
  • nappy
  • nap-of-the-earth
Translations

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

Etymology 3

From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.

Noun

nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps)

  2. (British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
  3. (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
  4. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
Derived terms
  • go nap
Translations

Etymology 4

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. (obsolete) To grab; to nab.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).

Verb

nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)

Etymology 6

From Middle English nap (“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp (“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap (“drinking cup”), Low German Napp (“bowl, cup”), German Napf (“bowl”), Icelandic hnappur (“button, key”). Doublet of hanap. See also nappy.

Noun

nap (plural naps)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
References
  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

  • ANP, NPA, PAN, PNA, Pan, Pan., pan, pan-

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nap, from Latin nāpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈnap]
  • Rhymes: -ap

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

  1. turnip, Brassica rapa

References

  • “nap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “nap”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “nap” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “nap” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Adjective

nap

  1. great

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nap, from Old Dutch nap, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑp/
  • Hyphenation: nap
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

nap m (plural nappen, diminutive napje n)

  1. drinking cup

Derived terms

  • bedelnap
  • zuignap

Anagrams

  • pan

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒp]
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

nap (plural napok)

  2. day
    Egy hét hét napból áll. ― A week consists of seven days.
  4. sun (also written Nap in astronomical context), (in compounds) solar
    Süt a nap. ― The sun is shining.
    napszél ― solar wind
    naprendszer ― solar system

Usage notes

(day):

(sun): Some astronomical and geographical terms have both a lowercase (common noun) and a capitalized (proper noun) form. For föld (“ground, soil”)―​Föld (“Earth”), hold (“moon, satellite”)―​Hold (“the Moon”), and nap (“day; sun”)―​Nap (“the Sun”), the lowercase forms are used in the everyday sense and the capitalized forms in the astronomical sense. In other similar pairs, the former refers to generic sense, and the latter specifies the best known referent: egyenlítő (“equator”)―​Egyenlítő (“Equator”), naprendszer (“solar system, planetary system”)―​Naprendszer (“Solar System”), and tejút (“galaxy”, literally “milky way”, but galaxis and galaktika are more common)―​Tejút (“Milky Way”).[1][2][3][4]

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Derived terms

Adverb

nap

  1. (following certain adjectives) on the specified (kind or number of) day(s)
    Synonym: napon
    minden áldott nap ― (on) every single day
    Egész nap ott voltunk. ― We were there (on) the whole day.
    Egyik nap ezt akarja, (a) másik nap meg azt. ― S/he wants one thing on some days and another (thing) on other days.
    Egy nap úgy döntött, elég volt. ― (On) some day s/he decided enough was enough.

Usage notes

Using a bare noun for an adverb is typical for times of the day like reggel (“morning”), este (“evening”) etc., but not for time units like minute, hour, week, month, or year, which all take a suffix when used as adverbs (percben, órában, héten, hónapban, évben). Even nap takes -on in most cases other than those above. However, the bare form also occurs in compound adverbs such as aznap, másnap, mindennap and vasárnap (the latter functions as a noun too), as well as tegnap and holnap.

References

Further reading

  • nap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hnæpp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.

Alternative forms

  • nep, nappe, neppe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nap/

Noun

nap (plural nappes)

  2. A bowl for one's beverages; a chalice.
Descendants
  • English: nap (now dialectal)
  • Scots: nap
References
  • “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 2

A back-formation from nappen.

Alternative forms

  • nappe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nap/

Noun

nap

  2. A nap or doze; a short sleep.
Descendants
  • English: nap
  • Scots: nap
  • Yola: nappe
References
  • “nap, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 3

Verb

nap

  1. Alternative form of nappen

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nap, from Latin nāpus.

Pronunciation

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

  1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

Derived terms

  • nap del diable

References

  • Arve Cassignac, Dictionnaire français-occitan, occitan-français, 2015

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • нап (nap) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nāpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnap/
  • Rhymes: -ap

Noun

nap m (plural napi)

  1. turnip or swede (Brassica rapa)
  2. carrot

Declension

See also

  • navetă
  • rapiță
  • sfeclă

Source: wiktionary.org