different between ope vs opie
ope
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??p/
- enPR: ?p
- Rhymes: -??p
Etymology 1
Cornish dialect word meaning an alley or narrow passage e.g. Tonkin's Ope
Etymology 2
Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent IPA(key): /p/. Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.
Interjection
ope
- (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops
Usage notes
Specific to the Midwestern United States but used elsewhere in American English.
Etymology 3
From Russian ?? (op), shortened form of Greek ??? (ópa).
Interjection
ope
- (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops
Etymology 4
From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.
Adjective
ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)
- (now dialectal or poetic) Open. [from 13th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 191-192:
- We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
- I will to bed! — To-morrow —
- On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
Verb
ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.
- 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, scene 2 :
- The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.
- 1842, Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
Anagrams
- EPO, EoP, PEO, Poe, peo., poe, poë
Finnish
(index op)
Etymology
Shortened form of opettaja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ope/, [?o?pe?]
- Rhymes: -ope
- Syllabification: o?pe
Noun
ope
- (school, colloquial) teacher
Declension
Synonyms
- maikka
- opettaja
Latin
Noun
ope
- ablative singular of ops
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
ope
- neuter singular of open
Unami
Verb
ope inan (plural òpeyo)
- third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)
Related terms
- òpsu
- òpàn
- wèhènchiopànk
- òpànk
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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opie
Middle English
Noun
opie
- opium
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
opie From the web:
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