different between pep vs nep

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

pep (third-person singular simple present peps, present participle pepping, simple past and past participle pepped)

1. (transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
   • 1995, Faithless (band), Insomnia (song)

     At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
     Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.

Derived terms

• pep up

Translations

Noun

pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)

1. Energy, high spirits.
   • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren

     She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.

Synonyms

• energy, high spirits, vim

Derived terms

• pep talk

Translations

Anagrams

• EPP, PPE

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pep.

Pronunciation

Noun

pep c (uncountable)

1. (slang) the drug speed

   Synonym: speed

Kombio

Noun

pep

1. water

References

• Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?p/

Verb

pep

1. past tense of pipa.

Volapük

Noun

pep (uncountable peps)

1. pepper (spice)

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English neppe, nepe, nepte, nept, from Old English nepte, nefte, from Latin nepeta. Compare Dutch neppe, nippe (“catnip”).

Alternative forms

• nip (dialectal)

Noun

nep (usually uncountable, plural neps)

1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio 2007, p. 201:

     Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (“top, knop, summit”) and Old Norse knappr (“knob”), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (“knob”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneb?- (“to press, tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball”). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (“button”). Related to knob.

Noun

nep (plural neps)

1. (Britain, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.

Anagrams

• PEN, PNe, Pen, pen

Ainu

Etymology

From ne (“interrogatory root”) +? p (“thing”). See nekon, nen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ne?p]

Pronoun

nep (Kana spelling ???)

1. (interrogative) what

Usage notes

Less common in spoken language than hemanta.

Synonyms

• hemanta

See also

Dutch

Etymology

From German Nepp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?p/
• Hyphenation: nep
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

nep m (uncountable)

1. imitation, fake

Adjective

nep (comparative nepper, superlative nepst)

1. fake, not real
2. artificial, not natural

Inflection

Some Dutch speakers may consider attributive use of this adjective informal. Thus, the inflected form neppe is not very commonly used in more formal language. In such language, the word is used more often in compounds formed by prefixing with nep-. The predicative and partitive forms are used normally.

Synonyms

• namaak

Antonyms

• authentiek
• echt
• natuurlijk

Derived terms

• nepneutraliteit
• nepnieuws
• nepperd
• nepvlees

Anagrams

• pen

Middle English

Noun

nep

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