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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (stake). Doublet of cippus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cep (plural ceps)

  1. An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
    • 2015 April 20, David Khayat, The Anticancer Diet: Reduce Cancer Risk Through the Foods You Eat, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
      Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Ainu

Etymology

From ci- (mediopassive prefix) +‎ e (to eat) +‎ -p (thing), literally thing that is eaten.

Pronunciation

Noun

cep (Kana spelling チェㇷ゚)

  1. fish
    • 1969, 貝澤とぅるしの, “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」(桂の木の女神)”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書1/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月:
      ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ
      nea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=kore
      I also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.

References


Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Doublet of thep, with affricated initial consonant. More at thep.

Noun

cep m (plural cepa, definite cepi, definite plural cepat)

  1. corner, angle, wedge
  2. edge, tip; tip of the shoulder
  3. (geometry) external angle
  4. (geography) cape

Declension

Declension of cep
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cep cepi cepa cepat
accusative cepin
dative cepi cepit cepave cepave
ablative cepash

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).

Pronunciation

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

  1. vine
  2. porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)
    Synonym: buixó

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cěp, from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

Pronunciation

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool)

Declension

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippe, cèpe, and sep.

Pronunciation

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

  1. vine
  2. Archaic spelling of sep.

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. (often in the plural) flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “cepë”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cepë”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 126
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cep”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cep”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • cep”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • cepë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Verb

cep

  1. inflection of cept:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cept
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cept

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep

  1. genitive of cepy

Middle English

Noun

cep

  1. Alternative form of cappe

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

cēp

  1. singular imperative of cēpan

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ. First attested in 1400.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛp/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛp/

Noun

cep m inan

  1. (chiefly in the plural, attested in Pomerania, Kuyavia, Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands) flail, thresher (tool for threshing grain)
    • 1874-1891 [XV in.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, page 67:
      Ipse rusticus receptis cepi eam de se expelit
      [Ipse rusticus receptis cepy eam de se expelit]
    • 1885-2024 [XV p. pr.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 29:
      Czep tribula
      [Cep tribula]
    • 1450, rkps Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. KP 224., Uście Solne, Lviv:
      Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula czepy
      [Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula cepy]
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 20, 3:
      Ten lyvd, gen bil w nyem, wiwyodl gy precz y kazal gy cepi mlocycz a zelyazne broni po nych wloczicz, a okowanimy wozi przes nye geszdzicz tak, abi bily rostargany
      [Ten lud, jen był w niem, wywiodł ji precz i kazał ji cepy młocić a żelazne brony po nich włoczyć, a okowanymi wozy przez nie jeździć tak, aby byli roztargani]
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 21, 23:
      Dam y woli ku obyecye y cepi w myasto drew
      [Dam i woli ku obiecie i cepy w miasto drzew]
    • 1868 [1468], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego, volume XIJI, page 571:
      Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum czepi
      [Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum cepy]
    • 1907 [c. 1470], Jakub Parkoszowic, edited by Jan Łoś, Traktat o ortografii polskiej, Żurawica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Krakow, page 406:
      Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepi, cebula
      [Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepy, cebula]
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 48:
      Cze­py tribulas
      [Cepy tribulas]
    • 1885-2024 [XV p. post.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 18:
      Czepy tribula
      [Cepy tribula]
    • 1856-1870 [1400], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume VIII, number CCCXLVII 28:
      Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. czepy
      [Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. cepy]
    • 1440, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza z rękopisu znajdującego się w zbiorach Biblioteki Klasztornej oo. Paulinów na Jasnej Górze pod sygn. II 25 z r. 1444, page 263r:
      Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est ribulus osseth la cepi lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza
      [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est ribulus osseth la cepy lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza]
    • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 237v:
      Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth la czepy lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice
      [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth la cepy lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice]
    • 1476, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 3297, z r. 1476, page 240v:
      Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth la czepy lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice
      [Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth la cepy lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice]
    • XV p. post., Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 1630, page 241r:
      Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth la czepi lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa [] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice
      [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth la cepy lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa [] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 140v:
      Tribulus est oszeth lum cepy la quoque vyerczyoch
      [Tribulus est oszeth lum czepy la quoque wiercioch]
  2. (in the plural) flail (iron weapon resembling this tool)
    • 1893 [1471], Konstanty Górski, editor, Historia piechoty polskiej, page 209:
      Czepy a myecz
      [Cepy a miecz]
    • 1856-1870 [1474], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume VII, number 163:
      Peditem... cum czepy, pawesza et galea
      [Peditem... cum cepy, pawesza et galea]
    • 1856-1870 [1498], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume VII, number 146:
      Peditem cum gladio ac czepy
      [Peditem cum gladio ac cepy]
    • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 161r:
      Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur czepy
      [Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur cepy]

Descendants

References

Polish

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cep

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
  2. flail (weapon in the shape of this tool)
  3. (in the plural, mining) tightener (device that increases the manual force when tightening parts of a drilling jig)
  4. (weaving) loom pedal (type of pedal that moves s mechanism for interlacing warp threads in a weaving loom)

Usage notes

  • Historically and dialectally only in the plural.

Declension

Noun

cep m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) moron, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Further reading

  • cep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cep in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cep”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • CEP”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2014
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 264
  • Jan Karłowicz (1900) “cep”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 166
  • cep in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Jan Łoś (1886) “cepy”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182
  • Roman Zawiliński (1880) “cepy”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 227

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus, with some senses possibly influenced by Proto-Slavic *čepъ.

Noun

cep n (plural cepuri)

  1. tap, spigot, plug, spile

Declension

Declension of cep
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cep cepul cepuri cepurile
genitive-dative cep cepului cepuri cepurilor
vocative cepule cepurilor

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ (Russian цеп (cep), Polish cepy).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

  1. slip, graft, scion (shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting)
Declension
Declension of cep
singular plural
nominative cȇp cȅpovi
genitive cepa cepova
dative cepu cepovima
accusative cep cepove
vocative cepe cepovi
locative cepu cepovima
instrumental cepom cepovima

Etymology 2

From cépati.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

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Declension
Declension of cep
singular plural
nominative cep cepovi
genitive cepa cepova
dative cepu cepovima
accusative cep cepove
vocative cepe cepovi
locative cepu cepovima
instrumental cepom cepovima

References

  • cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Silesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish cep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

  1. flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

Noun

cep m pers

  1. (derogatory) moron, idiot

Further reading

  • cep in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “cep”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 67
  • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “cep, cyp”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section C, page 11
  • Michał Przywara (c. 1900) “cep”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

cep m inan (relational adjective cepový, augmentative cepisko)

  1. flail

Declension

Declension of cep
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativecepcepy
genitivecepacepov
dativecepucepom
accusativecepcepy
locativecepecepoch
instrumentalcepomcepmi

Further reading

  • cep”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Tatar

Noun

cep

  1. thread

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیب (ceb, cep), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, pocket).

Pronunciation

Noun

cep (definite accusative cebi, plural cepler)

  1. pocket
  2. (colloquial) mobile phone

Declension

Declension of cep
singular plural
nominative cep cepler
definite accusative cebi cepleri
dative cebe ceplere
locative cepte ceplerde
ablative cepten ceplerden
genitive cebin ceplerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular cebim ceplerim
2nd singular cebin ceplerin
3rd singular cebi cepleri
1st plural cebimiz ceplerimiz
2nd plural cebiniz cepleriniz
3rd plural cepleri cepleri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular cebimi ceplerimi
2nd singular cebini ceplerini
3rd singular cebini ceplerini
1st plural cebimizi ceplerimizi
2nd plural cebinizi ceplerinizi
3rd plural ceplerini ceplerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular cebime ceplerime
2nd singular cebine ceplerine
3rd singular cebine ceplerine
1st plural cebimize ceplerimize
2nd plural cebinize ceplerinize
3rd plural ceplerine ceplerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular cebimde ceplerimde
2nd singular cebinde ceplerinde
3rd singular cebinde ceplerinde
1st plural cebimizde ceplerimizde
2nd plural cebinizde ceplerinizde
3rd plural ceplerinde ceplerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular cebimden ceplerimden
2nd singular cebinden ceplerinden
3rd singular cebinden ceplerinden
1st plural cebimizden ceplerimizden
2nd plural cebinizden ceplerinizden
3rd plural ceplerinden ceplerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular cebimin ceplerimin
2nd singular cebinin ceplerinin
3rd singular cebinin ceplerinin
1st plural cebimizin ceplerimizin
2nd plural cebinizin ceplerinizin
3rd plural ceplerinin ceplerinin

Derived terms