different between nape vs pileus

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

Borrowed from Latin pilleus (“a felt cap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?li?s/
• Homophone: pileous

Noun

pileus (plural pilei)

1. (mycology) The cap of a mushroom.

   Meronym: hymenium

   • 1994, Barry H. Rumack, David G. Spoerke, Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment, CRC Press (?ISBN), page 75:

     One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.

2. The bell of a jellyfish.
3. (meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.

   Synonyms: cap cloud, scarf cloud

   Hypernym: accessory cloud

   • 2011, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, Hachette UK (?ISBN)

     The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful.

4. (historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.

   Coordinate term: Phrygian cap

   • 1859, William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 920:

     Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus.

5. The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

   Synonym: crown

Translations

Further reading

• pileus (meteorology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pileus (hat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pileus (mycology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epulis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pi?.le.us/, [?pi???e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pi.le.us/, [?pi?l?us]

Noun

p?leus m (genitive p?le?); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of pilleus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• p?l?us (pill-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,181/1