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English
Etymology 1
Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA(key): /oʊp/, ) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ope
- (Midwestern US) an exclamation of surprise; oops
Ope! Sorry about that.
Ope, let me just squeeze past ya there.
Usage notes
Specific to the Midwestern United States but used elsewhere in American English.
Etymology 2
From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)
- (now dialectal or poetic) Open.
1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […] .
1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act 5, scene 5, verses 191-192:We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
I will to bed! — To-morrow —
[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple: Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, , →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, , 1885, →OCLC:On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.
Verb
ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.
1842, Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin:There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!
Noun
ope (plural opes)
- (Cornwall) Alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).
- Tonkin's Ope
2021 June 15, John Husband, A-Z of Truro: Places-People-History, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:Opes / A characteristic that Truro shares with other Cornish towns are the narrow passageways which often form shortcuts between streets. […] These include Roberts Ope, Tippet's Backlet (Tippet was the owner of a fulling mill), Coombe's Lane, Pearson's Ope, Tonkin's Ope, Swifty's Ope, Nalder's Court, Job's Court and Carne's Ope, although this last has now been blocked off by building extensions. Perhaps the most memorable is Squeeze Guts Alley (see separate entry).
References
- ^ Lisa Gutierrez (November 21, 2017), “Ope! Are Midwestern people really the only ones who use that word?”, in Kansas City Star
Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ot- (combining form of ogi (“bread”)) + mehe (“thin”), itself from Proto-Basque *bene.
Noun
ope inan
- (rare) flatbread
1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons], Tolosa, published 1850, page 381:Beguiratu zuan Profetac, cer ote zan Aingueruac ecarri ciona, eta ecusi cituan supeco opea bat, eta ura. [Original spelling]
Begiratu zuen profetak, zer ote zan aingeruak ekarri ziona, eta ekusi zituan supeko opea bat, eta ura. [Modernized spelling]- The prophet looked, wondering what the angel had brought to him, he saw a piece of flatbread in the oven and water.
Declension
Declension of ope (inanimate, ending in vowel)
Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from Latin opem (“wealth, assistance”).
Noun
ope inan
- (obsolete) April
1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19), Bilbao: Euskaltzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 313:Opeco erlea eneçat, Mayacecoa anajeençat. [Original spelling]
Opeko erlea enetzat, maiatzekoa anajeentzat. [Modernized spelling]- The bees of April for me, those of May for my brother.
Derived terms
Further reading
- "ope" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
- “ope” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of opettaja.
Pronunciation
Noun
ope (colloquial)
- teacher
- Synonyms: opettaja, maikka
Declension
Further reading
Latin
Noun
ope
- ablative singular of ops
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
ope
- neuter singular of open
Unami
Verb
ope inan (plural òpeyo)
- third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)
Related terms
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project