op

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

From op shop.

Etymology 5

op

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

Anagrams

• P.O., PO, Po, Pô, po, po'

Etymology

From Dutch op.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

op

1. on
2. up; upward

Preposition

op

1. on; upon
2. in; at

Alternative forms

• of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Preposition

op (+ dative or accusative)

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

Preposition

op

1. up

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

• Audio:

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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.

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 [the fact] 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.

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.

Anagrams

• po

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːʰp]

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)

1. opening, orifice

Noun

op

1. Abbreviation of opintopiste.

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/, [ɔːp]
• Rhymes: -ɔːp

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)

1. an opening, an orifice, a hole

Alternative forms

• hop (Java)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔp̚]
• Hyphenation: op

Verb

op

1. (colloquial) to stop

   Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek, cukup

Noun

op

1. water

References

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

Etymology

Derived from English up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Adverb

op

1. up

   git op, wiek op, uopm op, bon op

   get up, wake up, open up, burn up

Further reading

• op at majstro.com

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

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?

Etymology

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

Preposition

op [with accusative or dative]

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

Adverb

op

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

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

Adverb

op

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of opp

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōpą, *wōpaz.

Noun

op n

1. a scream, a shout, a cry

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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.

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

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

• opim

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Adverb

op

1. up
2. onto

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op˧˥/

Noun

óp

1. chest

References

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