Hungarian

Noun

Nap

1. the Sun

   A Nap a Naprendszer legnagyobb égiteste.‎ ― The Sun is the largest celestial body of the Solar System.

Declension

English

Noun

nap ‎(plural naps)

1. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:sleep

Derived terms

• catnap
• dirt nap

See also

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

Translations

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
2. to be off one's guard
   • Hudibras

     I took thee napping, unprepared.

   The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

Derived terms

• catch napping

Translations

Synonyms

• snooze
• doze

Etymology 2

From Middle English nappe, from Middle Dutch

Noun

nap ‎(countable and uncountable, plural naps)

1. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
   • 1591, King Henry VI part II, by William Shakespeare

     I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 37:

     There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap.

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 (Bonaparte)

Noun

nap ‎(plural naps)

1. (Britain) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips
2. (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon
3. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

Derived terms

• go nap

Translations

Etymology 4

Possibly of North Germanic origin, cognate with nab, see Swedish nappa ‎(“to pinch”).

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

• kidnap

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 passive)
   • 2006, Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs‎:

     Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

Anagrams

• NPA
• pan, Pan, PAN
• PNA

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin napus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nap/
• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

nap m ‎(plural naps)

1. turnip, Brassica rapa

Chuukese

Adjective

nap

1. great

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑp/

Etymology

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

Noun

nap m ‎(plural nappen, diminutive napje n)

1. drinking cup

Derived terms

• zuignap

Anagrams

• pan

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɒp]

Noun

nap ‎(plural napok)

1. day

   Egy hét 7 napból áll. - A week consists of 7 days.

2. sun (also written Nap in astronomical context)

   Süt a nap. - The sun is shining.

Declension

Derived terms

• napi
• naponta
• nappal

(Compound words):

(Expressions):

• anyák napja
• jó napot

Occitan

Etymology

Latin napus

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

1. turnip Brassica rapa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nāpus.

Noun

nap m ‎(plural napi)

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

Declension

See also

• navetă
• rapiță
• sfeclă