mops

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mops"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

mops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mop

Noun

mops

  1. plural of mop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mops (“pug”), from Dutch mops.

Noun

mops (plural mopses)

  1. A pug dog.
Alternative forms

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

German Mops, from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

Noun

mops m anim

  1. pug (dog)
    Synonym: mopsl

Declension

Declension of mops (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative mops mopsi, mopsové
genitive mopsa mopsů
dative mopsovi, mopsu mopsům
accusative mopsa mopsy
vocative mopse mopsi, mopsové
locative mopsovi, mopsu mopsech
instrumental mopsem mopsy

Further reading

  • “mops”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “mops”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From mop +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔps/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mops

Noun

mops m (plural mopsen, diminutive mopsje n)

  1. pug, small dog with a snub snout

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mops
  • → German: Mops

French

Noun

mops

  1. plural of mop

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mops

  1. singular imperative of mopsen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of mopsen

Polish

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mops

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mops, from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

Noun

mops m animal (female equivalent mopsica, diminutive mopsik)

  1. pug (dog breed)
  2. mastiff bat

Declension

Declension of mops
singular plural
nominative mops mopsy
genitive mopsa mopsów
dative mopsowi mopsom
accusative mopsa mopsy
instrumental mopsem mopsami
locative mopsie mopsach
vocative mopsie mopsy

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

  • mops in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mops in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mops.

Noun

mops n (plural mopși)

  1. pug (dog)

Declension

Declension of mops
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mops mopsul (niște) mopși mopșile
genitive/dative (unui) mops mopsului (unor) mopși mopșilor
vocative mopsule mopșilor

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

Noun

mops m anim (genitive singular mopsa, nominative plural mopsy, genitive plural mopsov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. pug (a dog breed)

Declension

Declension of mops
singular plural
nominative mops mopsy
genitive mopsa mopsov
dative mopsu mopsom
accusative mops mopsy
locative mopse mopsoch
instrumental mopsom mopsami

Further reading

  • “mops”, 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, 2024

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en mops

Etymology

From Low German or Dutch mops, used in Swedish since 1733.

Noun

mops c

  1. pug

Declension

Declension of mops 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mops mopsen mopsar mopsarna
Genitive mops mopsens mopsars mopsarnas

References

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