Definitions and meaning of op
op
Etymology 1
Noun
op (plural ops)
- (informal) An operation.
- My mother's going in for her knee op today.
- (informal) An amateur radio operator.
- (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
- (chiefly attributive) Op art; a style of abstract art.
- an op painting; op artworks
Derived terms
- black op
- exaop
- gigaop
- grow op
- half-op
- opcode
- petaop
- teraop
Verb
op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)
- (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
- Antonym: deop
- 1999, "Cory McWilliams", IRC Oddities (on newsgroup alt.irc)
- True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
op
- (Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of OP (“original post, original poster”)
See also
- Op art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- photo op
Anagrams
- P.O., PO, Po, Pô, po, po'
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch op.
Adverb
op
- on
- up; upward
Preposition
op
- on; upon
- in; at
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.
Pronunciation
Preposition
op (+ dative or accusative)
- (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) on; upon
Derived terms
- drop
- erop
- om (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)
Danish
Preposition
op
- up
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔp/
- Rhymes: -ɔp
Adverb
op
- up
- (postpositional) onto, up onto
- Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Preposition
op
- on, upon
- (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.
Inflection
Derived terms
Adjective
op (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- up, awake, out of bed
- up, all gone, no more, finished
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse op (“opening”).
Pronunciation
Noun
op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)
- opening, orifice
Declension
Derived terms
- blaðop (stoma)
- sjónop (pupil)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse op (“opening”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔp/, [ɔːp]
- Rhymes: -ɔːp
Noun
op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)
- an opening, an orifice, a hole
Declension
Derived terms
- fínstillt op (a calibrated orifice)
- gosop (a volcanic orifice, an eruption vent)
- inntaksop (an inlet orifice)
- líkamsop (a body orifice)
- markstreymisop (a critical flow orifice)
- rennslisop (in cars; an orifice)
- tvö op (a twin-orifice)
Related terms
Iwam
Noun
op
- water
Synonyms
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
- open
- D'Dier ass op.
- The door is open.
Preposition
op
- on, upon
- Ech sëtzen op enger Bänk.
- I'm sitting on a bench.
- at, to (an institution or workplace)
- Du bass nach op der Schoul.
- You are still at school.
- (time) past
- e Véierel op néng
- quarter past nine
- in (a language)
- Wéi seet een dat op Lëtzebuergesch?
- How do you say that in Luxembourgish?
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Preposition
op [+accusative or dative]
- on, on top of
- at, in the direction of
- at, by
Alternative forms
Descendants
Adverb
op
- up, upwards
- up, upright
- open
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “op (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[1], 2000
- “op (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[2], 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “op”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek[3], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
op
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by opp
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin opus. Compare Italian uopo, Old Spanish uebos, Catalan ops.
Noun
op n (plural opuri)
- (archaic) need, necessity
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.
Noun
op n (plural opuri)
- work (usually artistic or literary), writing
Declension
Synonyms
See also
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English open (see ope)
Verb
op
- open
Adjective
op
- open
Related terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian uppa, from Proto-Germanic *upp
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
- up
- onto
Derived terms
Further reading
- “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal[4] (in Dutch), 2011
Preposition
op
- on, on top of
- at, in the vicinity of
Further reading
- “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal[5] (in Dutch), 2011
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
óp
- chest
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh, A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, 2013, page 41
Source: wiktionary.org- (short for) an operation.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)