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French
Etymology
Clipping of stupéfiant.
Pronunciation
Noun
stup m (plural stups)
- (informal) narcotic
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Verb
stup
- second-person singular imperative of stupiś
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb stupe.
Noun
stup n (definite singular stupet, indefinite plural stup, definite plural stupa or stupene)
- a dive (especially in sport), plunge
- a cliff, precipice, steep slope
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
stup
- imperative of stupe
References
- “stup” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the verb stupe.
Noun
stup n (definite singular stupet, indefinite plural stup, definite plural stupa)
- a dive (especially in sport), plunge
- a cliff, precipice, steep slope
Etymology 2
Verb
stup
- imperative of stupa
References
- “stup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
stup f
- genitive plural of stupa
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *stypus or *stupus, from Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos, “stem, stump, block”). Also possibly from Serbo-Croatian stub (“pillar, column”).
Noun
stup m (plural stupi)
- beehive
Declension
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
stȗp m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑п, diminutive stùpić)
- pillar
- column (upright supporting beam)
Declension
Further reading
- “stup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from stupa (“fall”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stup n
- a precipice (when viewed as a drop)
- a cliff
- Synonym: (when viewed more as a geological formation) klippa
falla nerför ett stup- fall down a cliff
ett brant stup- a steep cliff (when viewed as a drop) / a steep drop-off
Declension
Derived terms
- tvärstup (“sheer drop-off, sheer precipice”)
See also
References
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
stup (nominative plural stups)
- stupidity, stupidness
Declension
declension of stup
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms