Definitions and meaning of tope
tope
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /toʊp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊp/
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- Rhymes: -əʊp
- Homophone: taupe
Etymology 1
Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).
Verb
tope (third-person singular simple present topes, present participle toping, simple past and past participle toped)
- (archaic) To drink excessively; to get drunk.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
tope (plural topes)
- A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Tamil.
Noun
tope (plural topes)
- (India) A grove of trees.
- 1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love
- Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.
Etymology 4
Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.
Noun
tope (plural topes)
- A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Hoyahoya
Noun
tope
- meat
References
- Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pe/
- Rhymes: -ɔpe
- Hyphenation: tò‧pe
Noun
tope f pl
- plural of topa
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
tope
- Alternative form of top
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from topar.
Noun
tope m (plural topes)
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Etymology 2
Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
tope (Cyrillic spelling топе)
- third-person plural present of topiti
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtope/ [ˈt̪o.pe]
- Rhymes: -ope
- Syllabification: to‧pe
Etymology 1
Deverbal from topar.
Noun
tope m (plural topes)
- butt, end, butt end
- stop, catch, snag (also figuratively)
- collision
- quarrel, fight
- reinforcement
- (railway) buffer, bumper
- (nautical) masthead, lookout
- (Mexico) speed bump
- Synonym: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) túmulo
- (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) equestrian parade usually held on the first day of a festival
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French top (“top, summit”), from Frankish *top; compare English top.
Noun
tope m (plural topes)
- top, limit
Adverb
tope
- (colloquial, Spain) really
Etymology 3
Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “tope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
tope (ma class, plural matope)
- mud
West Flemish
Etymology
Noun
tope f (plural toopn, diminutive tooptje)
- vole
- shrew
Alternative forms
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
tope
- (modal, auxiliary) to want to (do something)
- Synonym: seba
- de tope tefiam ― I want to eat
- (modal, auxiliary) to intend to (do something)
- Synonym: seba
Usage notes
This term does not appear to be conjugated.
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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