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See also: -öp, Op, OP, óp, ộp, op., Op., and ор

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒp/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

Noun

op (plural ops)

  1. (informal) Clipping of operation.
    My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  2. (informal) Clipping of operator.
    • 2015 September 14, Doug Matthews, Special Event Production: The Resources, Routledge, →ISBN, page 159:
      Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differently. A good eye and an ability to concentrate and quickly follow directions are necessary for this position.
    • 2017 November 21, Kristina Sexton, Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam. When doing so, camera ops usually have virtually no peripheral vision, and their spatial awareness may be impaired by the giant, heavy camera attached to [them].
    1. (informal) An amateur radio operator.
    2. (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
  3. (Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion.
    Ops on my new drawing?
  4. (chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art.
    an op painting; op artworks
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Verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

  1. (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
    Antonym: deop
    • 1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet):
      True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

op (plural ops)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Adjective

op (comparative more op, superlative most op)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Etymology 3

Noun

op (plural ops)

  1. (slang, among criminal gangs) Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).

Etymology 4

From op shop.

Verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

  1. (Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
  2. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.

See also

Etymology 5

op

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of opportunity and related forms of that word (opportune, opportunely, opportunism, opportunist, etc.)

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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch op.

Pronunciation

Adverb

op

  1. on
  2. up; upward

Preposition

op

  1. on; upon
  2. in; at

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.

Pronunciation

Preposition

op (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) on; upon

Derived terms

  • drop
  • erop
  • om (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

Danish

Preposition

op

  1. up

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

Adverb

op

  1. up
    De bal stuiterde op en neer.
    The ball bounced up and down.
  2. (postpositional) onto, up onto
    De kat klom gisteren het dak op.
    The cat climbed onto the roof yesterday.
  3. Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.

Antonyms

Derived terms

adverbs

adjectives

nouns

verbs

Preposition

op

  1. on, upon
    De melk staat op de tafel.
    The milk is on the table.
  2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.
    Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.
    Next to that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.
    Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.
    With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of op
preposition op
postpositional adv. op
+ het (it) erop
+ dit (this) hierop
+ dat (that) daarop
+ wat (what) waarop
+ iets (something) ergens op
+ niets (nothing) nergens op
+ alles (everything) overal op

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javindo: op, hop
    • Petjo: op
      • ⇒ Indonesian: op
  • Jersey Dutch: op
  • Negerhollands: op, hoppo
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hopo
  • → Papiamentu: òp
  • → Sranan Tongo: opo

Adjective

op (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. up, awake, out of bed
    Jij bent vroeg op vandaag.
    You're up early today.
    Ik moet morgen vroeg op.
    I need to be/get up early tomorrow.
  2. up, all gone, no more, finished
    Je tijd is op!
    Your time's up!
    Het brood is op.
    There's no more bread left.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)

  1. opening, orifice

Declension

Declension of op
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative op opið op opini
accusative op opið op opini
dative opi opinum opum opunum
genitive ops opsins opa opanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)

  1. an opening, an orifice, a hole

Declension

declension of op
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative op opið op opin
accusative op opið op opin
dative opi opinu opum opunum
genitive ops opsins opa opanna

Derived terms

Related terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Javindo op or hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold; stop”). Doublet of stop.

Pronunciation

Verb

op

  1. (colloquial) to stop
    Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek

Iwam

Noun

op

  1. water

Synonyms

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English up.

Pronunciation

Adverb

op

  1. up
    git op, wiek op, uopm op, bon op
    get up, wake up, open up, burn up

See also

Further reading

  • op at majstro.com

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.

Pronunciation

Adverb

op

  1. open
    D'Dier ass op.
    The door is open.

Preposition

op

  1. on, upon
    Ech sëtzen op enger Bänk.
    I'm sitting on a bench.
  2. at, to (an institution or workplace)
    Du bass nach op der Schoul.
    You are still at school.
  3. (time) past
    e Véierel op néng
    quarter past nine
  4. in (a language)
    Wéi seet een dat op Lëtzebuergesch?
    How do you say that in Luxembourgish?

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Preposition

op

  1. on, on top of
  2. at, in the direction of
  3. at, by

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: op
  • Limburgish: óp

Adverb

op

  1. up, upwards
  2. up, upright
  3. open

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: op
  • Limburgish: óp

Further reading

  • “op (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “op (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “op”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

op

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of opp

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōpą, *wōpaz.

Noun

op n

  1. a scream, a shout, a cry

Declension

  Declension of op (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ōp ōpit ōp ōpin
accusative ōp ōpit ōp ōpin
dative ōpi, ōpe ōpinu, ōpeno ōpum, ōpom ōpumin, ōpomen
genitive ōps ōpsins ōpa ōpanna

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin opus. Compare Italian uopo, Old Spanish uebos, Catalan ops. Doublet of opus, a borrowing, as well as the modern sense of op, below.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

  1. (archaic) need, necessity
    Synonyms: nevoie, necesitate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

  1. work (usually artistic or literary), writing
    Synonyms: operă, lucrare, scriere
Declension
Declension of op
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) op opul (niște) opuri opurile
genitive/dative (unui) op opului (unor) opuri opurilor
vocative opule opurilor
See also

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

op ?

  1. fat, lard, or similar foodstuff

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “op”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 122

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English open (see ope).

Verb

op

  1. open
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:
      Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”
      →New International Version translation

Adjective

op

  1. open

Related terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian uppa, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

Adverb

op

  1. up
  2. onto

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Preposition

op

  1. on, on top of
  2. at, in the vicinity of
    De Westermar sil opnij opboud wurde op deselde lokaasje
    The Westermar will be built again at the same location.

Further reading

  • “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

óp

  1. chest

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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