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vital
English
Etymology
From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”), from v?ta (“life”), from v?v? (“I live”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?'t?l, IPA(key): /?va?t?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?t??l/
- Rhymes: -a?t?l
Adjective
vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)
- Relating to, or characteristic of life.
- Synonym: lifely
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Very important.
- Synonyms: crucial, necessary, significant; see also Thesaurus:important
- Containing life; living.
- Synonyms: extant, live, kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
Derived terms
Related terms
Antonyms
- mortal
Translations
Further reading
- vital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /vi?tal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi?tal/
Adjective
vital (masculine and feminine plural vitals)
- vital
Related terms
- vida
- vitalitat
French
Etymology
From Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.tal/
- Homophones: vitale, vitales
Adjective
vital (feminine singular vitale, masculine plural vitaux, feminine plural vitales)
- vital
Related terms
- vitalité
- vie
Further reading
- “vital” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais)
- vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- vital, important, necessary
Related terms
- vida
- vitalidade
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?t?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?ta?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
vital (comparative vitaler, superlative am vitalsten)
- lively; hale; vigorous
- (rather rare, formal) vital (necessary to, or characteristic of life)
Declension
Synonyms
- (lively): lebhaft; markig; rüstig; voller Leben
- (vital): lebenswichtig; Lebens-
Interlingua
Adjective
vital (not comparable)
- vital
Related terms
- vita
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
- vital
References
- “vital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
- vital
References
- “vital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vitalis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.?taw/
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais, comparable)
- vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- vital (necessary to the continuation of life)
- vital (very important)
- Synonyms: crucial, fundamental, essencial
Related terms
- vida
- vitalidade
Romanian
Etymology
From French vital, from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital m or n (feminine singular vital?, masculine plural vitali, feminine and neuter plural vitale)
- vital
Declension
Related terms
- vitalitate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (plural vitales)
- vital
Derived terms
Related terms
- vitalidad
- vida
See also
- vivo
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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
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
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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