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English

Etymology

From French nappe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nap/

Noun

nappe (plural nappes)

1. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
2. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
3. (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:

     The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.

4. (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
5. (cooking) The ability of a liquid to coat the back of a spoon, etc.

Translations

Verb

nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.

   to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze

Anagrams

• 'appen, NAEPP

French

Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nap/

Noun

nappe f (plural nappes)

1. tablecloth
2. layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
3. ribbon cable

   une nappe IDE

Derived terms

• nappe phréatique

Verb

nappe

1. first-person singular present indicative of napper
2. third-person singular present indicative of napper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of napper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of napper
5. second-person singular imperative of napper

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -appe

Noun

nappe f

1. plural of nappa

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hnæpp.

Noun

nappe

1. Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)

Etymology 2

A back-formation from nappen.

Noun

nappe

1. Alternative form of nap (“nap”)

Etymology 3

From Old English hnappian.

Verb

nappe

1. Alternative form of nappen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to Old Norse hneppa

Verb

nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)

1. to grab, snatch
2. to pluck, yank

References

• “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nap.

Noun

nappe

1. a nap, sleep

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

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