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bumper
English
Etymology
From bump +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?mp?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?mp?(?)
Noun
bumper (plural bumpers)
- Someone or something that bumps.
- (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- […] they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
- 1818, Keats, Written in the cottage where Burns was born:
- Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
- O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 8:
- Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 11
- Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
- (automotive, US) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
- Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
- The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
- (cricket) A bouncer.
- (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
- (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
- (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaican) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
- (music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
- (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
- (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
bumper (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
- We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
Translations
Verb
bumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bomp?r/, [?b??mb??r]
- Homophone: bomber
Verb
bumper
- present tense of bumpe
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English bumper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?mp?r/
- Hyphenation: bum?per
- Rhymes: -?mp?r
Noun
bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)
- bumper of a car, fender
Derived terms
- bumperkleven
- bumpersticker
Descendants
- Indonesian: bumper, bemper
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bumper, from English bumper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?mp?r]
- Hyphenation: bum?pêr
Noun
bumpêr (first-person possessive bumperku, second-person possessive bumpermu, third-person possessive bumpernya)
- bumper.
Alternative forms
- bemper
Further reading
- “bumper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
bumper m (plural bumpers)
- bumper of a car
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super
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sup?/
- Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
- Homophone: souper (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: su?per
Etymology 1
From super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *e?s (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h?e??s + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- Of excellent quality, superfine.
- better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
Synonyms
- (better): awesome, excellent
Derived terms
- super-duper
Related terms
- super-
Translations
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
- The party was super awesome.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation by shortening.
Noun
super (plural supers)
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation.
- Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
- Short for supercomputer.
- 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence
- The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.
- 1989, Kai Hwang, Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence
- (comics, slang) Short for superhero.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
- (beekeeping) Short for superhive.
- (informal, US) Short for superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
- (neologism) Short for supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
- Short for supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
- Short for supertanker.
- 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil (page 46)
- That is a lot of ship, about the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.
- 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil (page 46)
- Short for supervisor.
Verb
super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)
- (beekeeping) Short for superhive.
- 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
- The question is: when is the best time to super?
- 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
- (television) Short for superimpose.
- 1987, Television Quarterly (volumes 23-24)
- Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]
- 1987, Television Quarterly (volumes 23-24)
Anagrams
- Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, puers, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sup?r]
Etymology
Borrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.
Adjective
super (indeclinable)
- (informal) super, great
- M?j brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vid?t!
- Ten výlet byl prost? super!
Usage notes
This word is slightly more formal than supr, yet still informal.
Synonyms
- supr
See also
- vynikající
Interjection
super
- (informal) super
Synonyms
- supr
Further reading
- super in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via English super from Latin super (“over”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?su?b??]
Adjective
super (neuter super or supert, plural super or (unofficial) supre)
- (informal) terrific
Adverb
super
- (informal) very
Synonyms
- herre
- mega
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sy.p?r/
- Hyphenation: su?per
Adverb
super
- (informal) very, extremely, super
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- great, super
Inflection
Related terms
- hyper
- over
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin super.
Pronunciation
Preposition
super
- above
Antonyms
- sub
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??/
Adjective
super (invariable)
- superb, great
Derived terms
- super amas stellaire
- super-amas d'étoiles
- super-amas stellaire
- super combiné
Adverb
super
- (informal) extremely, very (as an intensifier)
Synonyms
- vachement
- hyper
Interjection
super
- great, fantastic
Related terms
- super-
Etymology 2
Probably a borrowing from a Germanic language, from *s?pan? (“to sip, sup”). If so then doublet of souper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pe/
Verb
super
- (regional) to suck, to sip
Conjugation
Anagrams
- peurs, pures, repus, rupes
Further reading
- “super” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?zu?p?/
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- (colloquial) super, great, awesome
Declension
Synonyms
- klasse
- spitze
Further reading
- “super” in Duden online
Interlingua
Preposition
super
- about (focused on a given topic)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.
Adjective
super (invariable)
- super
Noun
super m (invariable)
- The best
- superphosphate
super f (invariable)
- The best grade of petrol
Anagrams
- pruse, ruspe
Latin
Etymology
From *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out of”) (Latin ex) + *uperi (“above”), from *upo. The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ???? (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?su.per/, [?s??p?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?su.per/, [?su?p?r]
Preposition
super (+ accusative, ablative)
- accusative [of place] above, on the top of, upon
- Cibus super mensam est.
- The food is on the table.
- Cibus super mensam est.
- accusative [of place] above, beyond
- accusative [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
- ablative concerning, regarding
Usage notes
- Used in many compound words, see super-.
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- above, on top, over
- upwards
- moreover, in addition, besides
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.
Antonyms
- sub
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- super in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- super in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- super in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- super in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su.p?r/
Adjective
super (indeclinable, comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)
- (colloquial) great, excellent
Adverb
super (comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)
- (colloquial) excellently
See also
- super-
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
Adverb
super (not comparable)
- (informal) super, very (intensifier)
- Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega
Adjective
super (invariable, comparable)
- super
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- suber
- supre
- subre
Etymology
From Latin super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /super/
Preposition
super
- on, on top of, above
- Synonym: supra
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
Adjective
super (invariable)
- (intensifier) very, mega
Swedish
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /²s??p?r/
Verb
super
- present tense of supa.
Adjective
super (not comparable)
- perfect, super, excellent, great
Declension
Only used predicatively.
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