different between nape vs pape

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

pape (plural papes)

1. painted bunting

Anagrams

• Apep, PEAP

French

Etymology

From Middle French pape, from Old French pape, from Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from early Byzantine Greek ????? (papâs, “patriarch, bishop”), from late Ancient Greek ????? (pápas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pap/

Noun

pape m (plural papes)

1. Pope

Coordinate terms

• papesse

Derived terms

• être plus catholique que le pape
• papal
• se croire le premier moutardier du pape

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pap
• ? Persian: ???? (pâp)

See also

• papesse Jeanne

Further reading

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese papai. Cognate with Kabuverdianu papai.

Noun

pape

1. dad, father

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pape, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (páppas).

Noun

pape m (plural papes)

1. (Jersey, Christianity) pope

Old French

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from early Byzantine Greek ????? (papâs, “patriarch, bishop”), from late Ancient Greek ????? (pápas).

Noun

pape m (oblique plural papes, nominative singular papes, nominative plural pape)

1. (Christianity) Pope

Descendants

• Middle French: pappe
  • French: pape
    • Haitian Creole: pap
    • ? Persian: ???? (pâp)
• Norman: pape
• Picard: pape
• Walloon: påpe

Portuguese

Verb

pape

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of papar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of papar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of papar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of papar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pape]

Verb

pape

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of p?pa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of p?pa

Scots

Etymology

From Old English p?pa

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

pape (plural papes)

1. (Christianity) pope

Spanish

Verb

pape

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of papar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of papar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of papar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of papar.

Tahitian

Noun

pape

1. water