different between jape vs jaspe

English

Etymology

From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) (possibly conflated with Old French gaber (“to mock, deride”), see gab), related to Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), probably of Proto-Germanic origin, related to Old Saxon galp?n (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??e?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

jape (plural japes)

1. A joke or quip.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joke

   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Pardoner's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales:

     "Thou bel ami, thou Pardoner," he said,

     "Tell us some mirth of japes right anon."

   • 1920, Jeffery Farnol, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn, Fytte 9:

     [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again.

     "Oho, a jape—a jape indeed!" he roared.

2. A prank or trick.

Derived terms

• bejape
• japery

Translations

Verb

jape (third-person singular simple present japes, present participle japing, simple past and past participle japed)

1. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks.

   Synonyms: joke; see also Thesaurus:jest
2. (transitive) To mock; deride.

   Synonyms: gibe, trick, befool, make fun of, razz; see also Thesaurus:mock

3. (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

• Peja

English

Etymology

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Noun

jaspe (countable and uncountable, plural jaspes)

1. (textiles) cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect

Anagrams

• japes

French

Etymology

From Latin iaspis.

Noun

jaspe m (uncountable)

1. jasper (precious stone)

Further reading

• “jaspe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (íaspis).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??a?.p?/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??as.pe/

Noun

jaspe m (plural jaspes)

1. (mineralogy) jasper (precious stone)

Hypernyms

• gema, quartzo

Related terms

• jaspear

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (íaspis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xaspe/, [?xas.pe]

Noun

jaspe m (plural jaspes)

1. jasper

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: haspe

Further reading

• “jaspe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.