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English
Etymology
From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”). Akin to German foppen (“to jeer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fop (plural fops)
- (dated) A vain man; a dandy.
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Translations
vain man
- Bulgarian: конте (konte)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: parádník m, fintil m, dandy m
- Finnish: keikari (fi)
- French: bellâtre (fr) m
- Hindi: छैल (hi) m (chail), दम्भी (hi) (dambhī), बाँका (hi) (bā̃kā)
- Irish: aibhseoir m, baothán m, gaige m, scóitséir m
- Latin: formaster m
- Macedonian: ко́нте n (kónte)
- Russian: хлыщ (ru) m (xlyšč), щёголь (ru) m (ščógolʹ), пижо́н (ru) m (pižón)
- Serbo-Croatian: kicoš (sh) m, gizdavac (sh) m
- Spanish: petimetre (es) m, pisaverde (es) m, gomoso (es) m, dandi (es) m, currutaco m, boquirrubio (es) m, lechuguino m
- Swedish: sprätt (sv) c
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Pronunciation
Verb
fop
- inflection of foppen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative