different between mopus vs mops

English

Etymology

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Noun

mopus (countable and uncountable, plural mopuses or mopusses)

1. (obsolete) A lazybones; an idle person.
   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

     I'm grown a mere mopus; no company comes […]

2. (slang, countable, uncountable) Money.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ps

Etymology 1

Verb

mops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mop

Noun

mops

1. plural of mop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mops (“pug”), from Dutch mops.

Noun

mops (plural mopses)

1. A pug dog.

Alternative forms

• mopse (archaic)

Anagrams

• MSPO, PMOs, POMs, Poms, SMOP, pMOS, poms

Czech

Etymology

German Mops, from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mops]

Noun

mops m

1. pug (dog)

Synonyms

• mopsl

Further reading

• mops in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mops in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From mop +? -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ps/
• Hyphenation: mops

Noun

mops m (plural mopsen, diminutive mopsje n)

1. pug, small dog with a snub snout

Derived terms

• mopshond

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mops
• ? German: Mops
  • ? Czech: mops
  • ? English: mops
  • ? Polish: mops

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ps/

Verb

mops

1. singular imperative of mopsen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of mopsen

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ps/

Noun

mops m anim (diminutive mopsik)

1. pug (a dog breed)

Declension

Related terms

• mopsi

Further reading

• mops in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From German Mops

Noun

mops n (plural mop?i)

1. pug (dog)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ps/

Noun

mops m (genitive singular mopsa, nominative plural mopsy, genitive plural mopsov, declension pattern of dub)

1. pug (a dog breed)

Declension

Related terms

• mopslík

Further reading

• mops in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German or Dutch mops, used in Swedish since 1733.

Noun

mops c

1. pug

Declension

Related terms

• mopsa
• mopsig
• mopsighet

References

• mops in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mops in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)