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English
Etymology
Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”)
Pronunciation
Verb
pep (third-person singular simple present peps, present participle pepping, simple past and past participle pepped)
- (transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
1995, Faithless (lyrics and music), “Insomnia”:At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.
Derived terms
Translations
to inject with energy and enthusiasm
Noun
pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)
- Energy, high spirits.
1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
energy and enthusiasm
- Bulgarian: енергия (bg) f (energija), жизненост (bg) f (žiznenost)
- Catalan: energia (ca) f, entusiasme (ca) m, braó (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 活力 (zh) (huólì), 热情 (zh) (rèqíng) (uncountable)
- Czech: elán m, verva (cs) f, energie (cs) f, šťáva (cs) f, šmrnc (cs) m
- Finnish: energia (fi), puhti (fi), tarmo (fi)
- French: pep (fr) m, peps (fr) m, tonus (fr) m, punch (fr) m, entrain (fr) m
- German: Enthusiasmus (de) m, Elan (de) m, Faszination (de) f, Begeisterung (de) f, Pep (de) m, Schwung (de) m
- Hungarian: lelkesedés (hu), energia (hu), lendület (hu), életerő (hu), élet (hu)
- Polish: energia (pl) f, wigor (pl) m
- Russian: эне́ргия (ru) (enérgija), прыть (ru) (prytʹ)
- Swedish: pepp (sv) n
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English pep.
Pronunciation
Noun
pep c (uncountable)
- (slang) the drug speed
- Synonym: speed
Kombio
Noun
pep
- water
Pep apm al-el ka nipel yatip.- The water I drank was very bitter.
References
- Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
pep
- past indicative of pipa
Volapük
Noun
pep (uncountable peps)
- pepper (spice)
Declension
declension of pep
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only