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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.. More at nap.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. The back part of the neck.
2. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

Synonyms

• nucha, nuchal (medicine)
• scruff, scruff of the neck
• withers (of a horse)

Translations

See also

• hindneck

Etymology 2

From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron.

Noun

nape (plural napes)

1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.

Derived terms

• napkin
• nappie

Etymology 3

Short for napalm.

Noun

nape (uncountable)

1. (military, slang) Napalm.
   • 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)

     RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em.

Verb

nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)

1. (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.

References

Anagrams

• -pnea, Pena, neap, pane, pané, pean

Latin

Noun

n?pe

1. vocative singular of n?pus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• naape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape (plural napys)

2. The nape; the neck's rear.
3. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head.

Derived terms

• napyn

Descendants

• English: nape

References

• “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 2

From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?p(?)/

Noun

nape

2. (rare except in compound words) tablecloth

Related terms

• napkyn
• naperye

Descendants

• English: nape (obsolete)

References

• “n?pe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

Etymology 3

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of nappen

Etymology 4

Verb

nape

1. Alternative form of napyn

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Noun

nape f (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)

1. table cloth

Descendants

• English: nape, napkin
• French: nappe

See also

• table

English

Etymology

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term ??? (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)

1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

Synonyms

• celery cabbage

Anagrams

• APAn, Pana, apan, paan

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa, from Proto-Indo-European *h?neb?- (“navel”) either through Germanic or Baltic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?p?/, [?n?p?]
• Rhymes: -?p?
• Syllabification: na?pa

Noun

napa

1. (anatomy) navel
2. pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
3. pivot (that on which something turns)
4. head (central part of propeller)
5. (in compounds) polar

Declension

Synonyms

• keskipiste

Derived terms

Anagrams

• apan

Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

napa (intransitive)

1. enter, go in, come in
2. set (of the sun and moon)

See also

• -nap-

Ingrian

Noun

napa

1. navel

Miskito

Noun

napa

1. tooth

Uma

Noun

napa

1. (interrogative) what