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Op

Op

See also: -öp, op, OP, óp, op., Op., and ор

Plautdietsch

Noun

Op f (plural Open)

  1. ape

See also

  • German Low German: Aap, Ap

op

op

See also: -öp, Op, OP, óp, op., Op., and ор

English

Initialism

op

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP (original post, original poster)

Verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

  1. (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

Derived terms

Antonyms

Noun

op (plural ops)

  1. Op art; a style of abstract art.
  2. (informal) Operation.
    My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  3. (Internet) An operator on IRC.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch op.

Adverb

op

  1. on
  2. up; upward

Preposition

op

  1. on; upon
  2. in; at

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /op/

Preposition

op (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (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

  1. up

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology

From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Adverb

op

  1. up
    De bal stuiterde op en neer.
    The ball bounced up and down.
  2. (postpositional) onto, up onto
    De kat klom gisteren het dak op.
    The cat climbed onto the roof yesterday.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Preposition

op

  1. on, upon
    De melk staat op de tafel.
    The milk is on the table.
  2. (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.
    Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.
    Next to [the fact] that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.
    Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.
    With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.

Inflection

Derived terms

Adjective

op (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. up, awake, out of bed
    Jij bent vroeg op vandaag.
    You're up early today.
    Ik moet morgen vroeg op.
    I need to be/get up early tomorrow.
  2. up, all gone, no more, finished
    • Je tijd is op!
      Your time's up!
    • Het brood is op.
      The bread is all gone.

Anagrams


Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse op (opening).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oːʰp]

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)

  1. opening, orifice

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative op opið op opini
Accusative op opið op opini
Dative opi opinum opum opunum
Genitive ops opsins opa opanna

Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse op (opening).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːp

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)

  1. 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

  1. water

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

  • IPA(key): /op/

Adverb

op

  1. open
    D'Dier ass op.
    The door is open.

Preposition

op

  1. on, upon
    Ech sëtzen op enger Bänk.
    I'm sitting on a bench.
  2. at, to (an institution or workplace)
    Du bass nach op der Schoul.
    You are still at school.
  3. (time) past
    e Véierel op néng
    quarter past nine
  4. in (a language)
    Wéi seet een dat op Lëtzebuergesch?
    How do you say that in Luxembourgish?

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin opus. Compare Italian uopo, Old Spanish uebos, Catalan ops.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

  1. (archaic) need, necessity
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

  1. work (usually artistic or literary), writing
Synonyms
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Declension

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English open (see ope)

Verb

op

  1. open
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:5 (translation here):
      Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

Adjective

op

  1. open

Related terms

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