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top
English
Etymology
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown origin.
Cognate with Scots tap (“top”), North Frisian top, tap, tup (“top”), Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), West Frisian top (“top”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), Low German Topp (“top”), German Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Icelandic toppur (“top”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?p/, [t???p]
- (General American) IPA(key): /t?p/, [t???p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
top (countable and uncountable, plural tops)
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- Synonyms: peak, summit, overside
- Antonyms: bottom, base, underside
- (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- Synonym: (of a page) head
- Antonym: (of a page) foot
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- Synonyms: cap, coverlid
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- Antonym: bottom
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- (heading) Someone who is eminent.
- (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
- (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- Synonyms: (usually male) dom, (female) domme
- Antonyms: bottom, sub
- (gay slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE) Oral stimulation to the male member, a blowjob.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
- (particle physics) A top quark.
- Hypernym: flavor
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- The top of my own ambition is to contribute to that work.
- June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
- Hee was upon the top of his marriage with Magdalaine.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
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- (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
- (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat.
- Synonyms: beat, better, best, exceed; see also Thesaurus:exceed
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[9]", BBC Sport, 26 December 2013:
- Liverpool topped the table on Christmas Day and, after Arsenal's win at West Ham earlier on Boxing Day, would have returned to the top had they been the first team to beat City at home this season.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[9]", BBC Sport, 26 December 2013:
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- (Britain, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.
- (Britain, slang, rare) To murder.
- Synonyms: kill, murder, slaughter, slay; see also Thesaurus:kill
- (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- (gay slang, transitive, intransitive) To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology
- lofty and topping mountains
- , Book II, Chapter XXI
- influenced by that topping uneasiness
- 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology
- (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
- (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
Derived terms
- (kill): top oneself
- untopped
Translations
Adjective
top (not comparable)
- Situated on the top of something.
- (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- (informal) Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
Related terms
Translations
Adverb
top (not comparable)
- Rated first.
Synonyms
- first
See also
- topple
Anagrams
- OPT, OPt, OTP, PTO, TPO, oPt, opt, opt., pot
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (top).
Noun
top m (indefinite plural tope, definite singular topi, definite plural topet)
- ball
- (in the plural) slang for testicles
Inflection
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish top.
Noun
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
- ball
- cannon
- (chess) rook
Declension
Derived terms
- topçu (“cannoneer”)
See also
Baure
Noun
top
- fog
Crimean Tatar
Noun
top
- ball
- lump
- cannon
Declension
Derived terms
- babaytop
- topla?uv
- topçu
- top qunda??
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[11], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?top]
Verb
top
- second-person singular imperative of topit
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.
Noun
top c (singular definite toppen, plural indefinite toppe)
- summit, peak
- hairpiece
- top (uppermost part, lid, cap, cover, garment worn to cover the torso, child’s spinning toy)
Inflection
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch and Frankish *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?p
Adjective
top
- (colloquial) great, very good
Derived terms
- (prefix): top-
Noun
top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)
- top (uppermost part)
- (figuratively) apex
- summit, peak (high point of a mountain)
- summit, assembly
- top (piece of women's clothing)
Antonyms
- bodem
Derived terms
- bergtop
- vingertop
- toppunt
Verb
top
- (denominal) first-person singular present indicative of toppen
Anagrams
- pot
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English top.
Pronunciation
Noun
top m (plural tops)
- top; shirt or garment covering the upper body
- a signalling sound; beep
Adjective
top (feminine singular toppe, masculine plural tops, feminine plural toppes)
- top; best; highest in rank; maximum
- excellent; brilliant
- (LGBT, slang) top (dominant in role)
Synonyms
- (dominant): actif
Antonyms
- bottom
Adverb
top
- at most; maximum
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English top.
Noun
top m (invariable)
- (woman's dressing, garment) top
Latvian
Verb
top
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of tapt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of tapt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tapt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tapt
Middle English
Alternative forms
- toppe, topp, tope, toop
Etymology
From Old English topp, toppa, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?p/, /t??p/
Noun
top (plural toppes)
- The summit or top of something, especially a vertical object:
- The peak of a mountain or other landform.
- The roof or ceil of a house; the top of a fence.
- A lid or cap; a removable top or topping.
- The head, especially its top or the hair on its top.
- A small deck at the dop of a ship's sails.
- A cluster or bunch of fibres; a tassel.
- A top or whirligig (spinning toy)
- The start or introduction of something.
- (rare) The tip or end of something; that which something terminates in.
Derived terms
- toppen
- toppyng
Descendants
- English: top
- ? French: top
- ? German: Top
- ? Vietnamese: t?p
- Scots: tap
References
- “top, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
- “top, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Mopan Maya
Adverb
top
- very
References
- Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.
Northern Kurdish
Noun
top f
- ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
- cannon
Old French
Alternative forms
- tup, tupe, tope, toup
Etymology
From Frankish *topp.
Noun
top m (oblique plural tos, nominative singular tos, nominative plural top)
- hair on top of one's head, forelock
- top, highest point
- tuft of flax placed on distaff
- top (ship)
Descendants
- ? Galician: tope
- ? Spanish: tope
- ? Portuguese: topo
- ? Old French: toupet, topet
- ? Old Portuguese: topete
- Galician: topete
- Portuguese: topete
- Middle French: toupet
- French: toupet (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: toupet, tupé
- ? Middle English: topet
- ? Old Portuguese: topete
- ?? Old French: topoie, toupie, tourpe, tourpie
- Middle French: toupie
- French: toupie
- Middle French: toupie
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (top)
- tup on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?p/
Etymology 1
From English top, from Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, penis”).
Noun
top m inan
- (nautical) nautical top (the upper end of a mast)
- top (garment worn to cover the torso)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
top
- second-person singular imperative of topi?
Further reading
- top in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English top.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?t?.pi/
- Homophone: tope
Adjective
top (invariable, comparable)
- (slang) cool, awesome
- (slang) top, excellent, high-quality
- Synonym: top de linha
Derived terms
- topzeira
Noun
top m (plural tops)
- top (garment worn to cover the torso)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (top).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tôp/
Noun
t?p m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- cannon
- (chess) rook
Declension
See also
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *t?p?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??p/
Adjective
t?p (comparative b?lj t?p, superlative n?jbolj t?p)
- blunt
Inflection
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (top).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??p/
Noun
t?p m inan
- cannon
Inflection
Further reading
- “top”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English top.
Noun
top m (plural tops)
- top (first positions of a ranking)
- top (female clothing)
Adjective
top (plural tops)
- (proscribed) top (situated on the top of something)
- Synonym: mejor
- (proscribed) top (best; of the highest quality or rank)
- Synonym: el mejor
- (proscribed) top (very good, of high quality)
- Synonym: muy bueno
References
- “top” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (top), from Proto-Turkic *top (“round thing”).
Noun
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
- ball
- cannon
- (slang) gay
Declension
References
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (tópos, “place”).
Noun
top (nominative plural tops)
- place
Declension
Related terms
- topäd
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noble
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French noble, from Latin n?bilis (“knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”), from n?scere, gn?scere (“to know”).
Displaced native Middle English athel (“noble”) (from Old English æþele) and Middle English hathel, hathelle (“noble, nobleman”) (from the merger of Old English æþele (“nobleman”) and Old English hæleþ (“hero”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?b?l/
- Rhymes: -??b?l
- Hyphenation: no?ble
Noun
noble (plural nobles)
- An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]
- Antonyms: commoner, plebeian
- (historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
- I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 93:
- There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:nobleman
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
noble (comparative nobler or more noble, superlative noblest or most noble)
- Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
- Synonyms: great, honorable
- Antonyms: despicable, ignoble, mean, vile
- Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
- Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
- Synonym: superior
- Antonyms: inferior, plebeian
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- honorable
Further reading
- noble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- noble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- noble at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Bolen, Nobel
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?n?.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?n?.ble/
Adjective
noble (masculine and feminine plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
- gas noble
- noblement
- noblesa
Noun
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble
Further reading
- “noble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “noble” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “noble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “noble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French noble, borrowed from Latin n?bilis according to the TLFi dictionary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?bl/
Adjective
noble (plural nobles)
- noble, aristocratic
- (of material) non-synthetic, natural; fine
- noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: nobel
- ? German: nobel
Noun
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble (person who is noble)
References
- “noble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “noble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?no?bl?/
Adjective
noble
- inflection of nobel:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French noble, from Latin n?bilis.
Adjective
noble
- noble
Descendants
- English: noble
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin n?bilis.
Adjective
noble m or f (plural nobles)
- noble
Old French
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Adjective
noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)
- noble; upper-class; well-bred
- Synonyms: avenant, cortois
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin n?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?noble/, [?no.??le]
Adjective
noble (plural nobles)
- noble
Derived terms
Related terms
- nobleza
Swedish
Adjective
noble
- absolute definite natural masculine form of nobel.
Anagrams
- Nobel, nobel
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