different between ope vs sope

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

1. (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

1. (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)

1. (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.

Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)

1. (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!

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

1. (school, colloquial) teacher

Declension

Synonyms

• maikka
• opettaja

Latin

Noun

ope

1. ablative singular of ops

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ope

1. neuter singular of open

Unami

Verb

ope inan (plural òpeyo)

1. 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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sope (plural sopes)

1. A traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings.

Etymology 2

Noun

sope (countable and uncountable, plural sopes)

1. Obsolete form of soap.

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, pose, posé

Lozi

Noun

sope

1. January

References

• R. M. Mukuni, Silozi-English Phrase Book (1991)

Middle English

Verb

sope

1. Alternative form of soupen (“to dine”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sópa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?p?/

Verb

sope (imperative sop, present tense soper, passive sopes, simple past sopte, past participle sopt)

1. to sweep

   sope gulvet

   to sweep the floors

Derived terms

• sopelime

See also

• feie

References

• “sope” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sópa.

Alternative forms

• sopa (a-infinitive)

Verb

sope (present tense sopar/soper, past tense sopa/sopte, past participle sopa/sopt, passive infinitive sopast, present participle sopande, imperative sop)

1. to sweep

   Synonym: feie

Derived terms

• sop n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

sope

1. neuter of sopen

Participle

sope

1. neuter of sopen

Verb

sope

1. supine of supa and supe

References

• “sope” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Esop, peso, pose

Old French

Noun

sope f (oblique plural sopes, nominative singular sope, nominative plural sopes)

1. Alternative form of supe
   • before 1204, André de Coutances, Li Romanz des Franceis

     Tant que il a trempé son pain ;
     Si est de sa sope certain

     Since he wet his bread
     he is certain of his soup

Spanish

Verb

sope

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