different between jape vs jupe

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 1

From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.

Pronunciation

• enPR: zho?op, IPA^(key): /?u?p/

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

1. A style of skirt.
2. A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.

Related terms

• jupe panel

Etymology 2

Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo?op, IPA^(key): /d??u?p/

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

1. (IRC) A block placed on a server, nickname or channel

Verb

jupe (third-person singular simple present jupes, present participle juping, simple past and past participle juped)

1. (IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).

See also

• g-line
• k-line

French

Etymology

From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic ??????? (jubba, “long garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yp/

Noun

jupe f (plural jupes)

1. skirt

Derived terms

• jupette
• jupon
• minijupe

Descendants

• ? Egyptian Arabic: ????? (ž?ba)
• ? German: Jupe
• ? Luxembourgish: Jupe
• ? Spanish: chupa
  • ? Galician: chupa

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• joupe, gype, jowpe

Etymology

From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic ??????? (jubba, “long garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?iu?p(?)/, /?d?u?p(?)/

Noun

jupe

1. A coat or tunic worn loosely.

Related terms

• jupon

Descendants

• English: jupe
  • ? English: jump
    • ? English: jumper (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: juip

References

• “j?pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.