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lope
English
Etymology
Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??p/
- (US) IPA(key): /lo?p/
- Rhymes: -??p
- Homophone: Lop
Verb
lope (third-person singular simple present lopes, present participle loping, simple past and past participle loped)
- To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap.
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- 1621-22, Thomas Middleton et al, The Spanish Gypsy
- he that lopes on the ropes
Derived terms
- loper
Related terms
- elope
- interlope
Translations
Noun
lope (plural lopes)
- An easy pace with long strides.
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
- Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- LEPO, Pole, olpe, pleo-, pole
Afrikaans
Noun
lope
- plural of loop
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English rope.
Noun
lope
- rope
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
lope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lopen
Anagrams
- loep, poel
French
Etymology
Clipping of salope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?p/
Noun
lope f (plural lopes)
- (slang, derogatory) male homosexual
- (by extension, derogatory) cowardly, characterless man
Further reading
- “lope” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Inari Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Northern Sami lohpi.
Noun
lope
- promise
Inflection
Derived terms
- lopedi?
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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pace
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas; cf. also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pe?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th century]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th century]
- Way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th century]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th century]
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th century]
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- […] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.
- 2006, "Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist, 9 November 2006:
- A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.
- 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 200:
- Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
- (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th-18th century]
- (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th-17th century]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th-19th century]
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pace (not comparable)
- (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Verb
pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)
- To walk back and forth in a small distance.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To measure by walking.
Derived terms
- (set the speed in a race): pacemaker
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin p?ce (“in peace”), ablative form of p?x (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæt?e?/, /?p??t?e?/, /?pe?si?/
Preposition
pace
- (formal) With all due respect to.
Usage notes
Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.
Translations
Etymology 3
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pe?s/
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Easter.
Derived terms
- pace egg
References
Anagrams
- APEC, CAPE, Cape, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PECA, cape
Esperanto
Etymology
paco +? -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
pace
- peacefully
Galician
Verb
pace
- third-person singular present indicative of pacer
- second-person singular imperative of pacer
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.tse/
Noun
pace (uncountable)
- peace
Italian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/
- Hyphenation: pà?ce
Noun
pace f (plural paci)
- peace
Adverb
pace
- (colloquial) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story
Related terms
Anagrams
- cape
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa?.ke/, [?pä?k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/, [?p??t???]
Noun
p?ce
- ablative singular of p?x
Middle English
Verb
pace
- proceed; go forward
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
- Er that I ferther in this tale pace, / Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun / To telle yow al the condicioun / Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, / And whiche they weren, and of what degree […]
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
pace
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
- singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t?s?/
Noun
pace m anim
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac
Noun
pace f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca
Noun
pace f
- dative/locative singular of paka
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Noun
pace f (uncountable)
- peace
Declension
Antonyms
- r?zboi
Derived terms
- pa?nic
Related terms
- împ?ca
See also
- lini?te
Spanish
Verb
pace
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pacer.
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