different between sapper vs rapper

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sappeur (French sapeur). Surface etymology is sap +? -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?p??r
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

sapper (plural sappers)

1. One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
2. (Britain, colloquial) An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.

Translations

Anagrams

• papers

English

Alternative forms

• rappuh

Etymology

rap +? -er

Pronunciation

• Homophones: wrapper
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

rapper (plural rappers)

1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
   1. The knocker of a door.
   2. (historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
   3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
2. (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

3. (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
4. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
5. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
6. (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
7. (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.

Translations

Anagrams

• RepRap

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)

1. rapper (practitioner of rap music)

Declension

Verb

rapper

1. present of rappe

Etymology 2

Verb

rapper

1. present of rappe

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?p?r/
• Hyphenation: rap?per
• Rhymes: -?p?r

Adjective

rapper

1. Comparative form of rap

Etymology 2

From English rapper. Surface analysis rappen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?p?r/ or as in English
• Hyphenation: rap?per

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)

1. rapper (performer of rap music)

French

Etymology 1

English rap +? -er

Alternative forms

• raper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pe/

Verb

rapper

1. (music) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rapper.

Alternative forms

• rappeur (more common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pœ?/

Noun

rapper m (plural rappers)

1. (music) rapper

Portuguese

Noun

rapper m, f (plural rappers)

1. rapper (hip hop performer)