Ope in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ope

You can make 5 words from 'ope' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ope'
• 2 letters words from 'ope'

3 letters words from 'ope'

OPE 5

2 letters words from 'ope'

OE 2	OP 4
PE 4	PO 4

Definitions and meaning of ope

ope

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊp/
• enPR: ōp
• Rhymes: -əʊp

Etymology 1

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent p). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.

Interjection

ope

1. (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops

Usage notes

Specific to the Midwestern United States but used elsewhere in American English.

Etymology 2

From Russian оп (op), shortened form of Greek ώπα (ópa).

Interjection

ope

1. (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops

Etymology 3

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

Adjective

ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)

1. (now dialectal or poetic) Open. [from 13th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:

     Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].

   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 191-192:

     We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —

     I will to bed! — To-morrow —

   • (Can we date this quote by Herbert and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.

Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2

     Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.

   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, scene 2 :

     The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin

     There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!

Anagrams

• EPO, EoP, PEO, Poe, peo., poe

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Finnish

(index op)

Etymology

Shortened form of opettaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈope/, [ˈo̞pe̞]
• Rhymes: -ope
• Syllabification: o‧pe

Noun

ope

1. (school, colloquial) teacher

Declension

Synonyms

• maikka
• opettaja

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Latin

Noun

ope

1. ablative singular of ops

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ope

1. neuter singular of open

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Unami

Verb

ope inan (plural òpeyo)

1. third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)

Related terms

• òpsu
• òpàn
• wèhènchiopànk
• òpànk

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Source: wiktionary.org

• to open.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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