cep

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cep"

English

Alternative forms

• cèpe
• cepe

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

cep (plural ceps)

1. An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

Synonyms

• penny bun
• porcini

Translations

Boletus edulis — see porcini

Anagrams

• CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, PEC, pce, pec

Ainu

Etymology

From ci- (“mediopassive prefix”) +‎ e (“to eat”) +‎ -p (“thing”), literally “thing that is eaten”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃep/

Noun

cep (Kana spelling チェㇷ゚)

1. fish
   • 1969, 貝澤とぅるしの, “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」（桂の木の女神）”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書1/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月:

     ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ

     nea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=kore

     I also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• step (metathesis)

Etymology

Doublet of thep, with affricated initial consonant. More at thep.

Noun

cep m (plural cepa, definite cepi, definite plural cepat)

1. corner, angle, wedge
2. edge, tip; tip of the shoulder
3. (geometry) external angle
4. (geography) cape

Declension

Declension of cep

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepa	cepi	cepat
accusative			cepin
dative	cepi	cepave	cepit	cepavet
ablative		cepash

Related terms

• thep

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛp]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsep]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

1. vine
2. porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)

   Synonym: buixó

Derived terms

• cep negre
• cep regi

Further reading

• “cep” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛp]
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

cep m inan

1. flail (tool)

Declension

Declension of cep (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepy
genitive	cepu	cepů
dative	cepu	cepům
accusative	cep	cepy
vocative	cepe	cepy
locative	cepu	cepech
instrumental	cepem	cepy

Further reading

• cep in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cep in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• cep in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippe, cèpe, and sep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp/, (archaic also) /sɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: cèpe, cèpes, ceps, sep, seps

Noun

cep m (plural ceps)

1. vine
2. Archaic spelling of sep.

Further reading

• “cep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latvian

Verb

cep

1. inflection of cept:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cept
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cept

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• cepow

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛp]

Noun

cep

1. genitive of cepy

Middle English

Noun

cep

1. Alternative form of cappe

Polish

cep

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛp
• Syllabification: cep

Noun

cep m inan

1. flail

Declension

Declension of cep

	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepy
genitive	cepa/cepu	cepów
dative	cepowi	cepom
accusative	cep	cepy
instrumental	cepem	cepami
locative	cepie	cepach
vocative	cepie	cepy

Noun

cep m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) moron, idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Declension of cep

	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepy
genitive	cepa	cepów
dative	cepowi	cepom
accusative	cepa	cepów
instrumental	cepem	cepami
locative	cepie	cepach
vocative	cepie	cepy

Further reading

• cep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus, with some senses possibly influenced by Proto-Slavic *čepъ.

Noun

cep n (plural cepuri)

1. tap, spigot, plug, spile

Declension

Declension of cep

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cep	cepul	(niște) cepuri	cepurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cep	cepului	(unor) cepuri	cepurilor
vocative	cepule		cepurilor

See also

• dop, nod, ciot

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ (Russian цеп (cep), Polish cepy).

Alternative forms

• cijȇp (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêːp/

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

1. slip, graft, scion (shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting)

Declension

Declension of cep

	singular	plural
nominative	cȇp	cȅpovi
genitive	cepa	cepova
dative	cepu	cepovima
accusative	cep	cepove
vocative	cepe	cepovi
locative	cepu	cepovima
instrumental	cepom	cepovima

Etymology 2

From cépati.

Alternative forms

• cijȇp (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêːp/

Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)

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Declension

Declension of cep

	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepovi
genitive	cepa	cepova
dative	cepu	cepovima
accusative	cep	cepove
vocative	cepe	cepovi
locative	cepu	cepovima
instrumental	cepom	cepovima

References

• “cep” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “cep” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛp/

Noun

cep m inan (genitive singular cepa, nominative plural cepy, declension pattern of dub)

1. flail

Declension

Declension of cep

	singular	plural
nominative	cep	cepy
genitive	cepa	cepov
dative	cepu	cepom
accusative	cep	cepy
locative	cepe	cepoch
instrumental	cepom	cepmi

Derived terms

• cepový

Further reading

• “cep”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tatar

Noun

cep

1. thread

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیب (ceb, cep), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “pocket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒep/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cep (definite accusative cebi, plural cepler)

1. pocket
2. (colloquial) mobile phone

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	cep
Definite accusative	cebi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cep	cepler
Definite accusative	cebi	cepleri
Dative	cebe	ceplere
Locative	cepte	ceplerde
Ablative	cepten	ceplerden
Genitive	cebin	ceplerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular cebim ceplerim 2nd singular cebin ceplerin 3rd singular cebi cepleri 1st plural cebimiz ceplerimiz 2nd plural cebiniz cepleriniz 3rd plural cepleri cepleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular cebimi ceplerimi 2nd singular cebini ceplerini 3rd singular cebini ceplerini 1st plural cebimizi ceplerimizi 2nd plural cebinizi ceplerinizi 3rd plural ceplerini ceplerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular cebime ceplerime 2nd singular cebine ceplerine 3rd singular cebine ceplerine 1st plural cebimize ceplerimize 2nd plural cebinize ceplerinize 3rd plural ceplerine ceplerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular cebimde ceplerimde 2nd singular cebinde ceplerinde 3rd singular cebinde ceplerinde 1st plural cebimizde ceplerimizde 2nd plural cebinizde ceplerinizde 3rd plural ceplerinde ceplerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular cebimden ceplerimden 2nd singular cebinden ceplerinden 3rd singular cebinden ceplerinden 1st plural cebimizden ceplerimizden 2nd plural cebinizden ceplerinizden 3rd plural ceplerinden ceplerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular cebimin ceplerimin 2nd singular cebinin ceplerinin 3rd singular cebinin ceplerinin 1st plural cebimizin ceplerimizin 2nd plural cebinizin ceplerinizin 3rd plural ceplerinin ceplerinin

Derived terms

• cep telefonu