nap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.2.3 Synonyms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Verb 1.5.1.1 Derived terms 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Verb 1.7 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Hungarian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Derived terms 5 Occitan 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nap/
• (US) IPA: /næp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophones: knap

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English nappe(n) < Old English hnappian (“‘to doze’”); cognate with Old High German hnaffezan.

[edit] Noun

nap (plural naps)

1. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

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• See also Wikisaurus:sleep

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• catnap

[edit] See also

See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for collocations of nap

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to nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
2. To be off one's guard.

   The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

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• catch napping

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• snooze

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English nappe, from Middle Dutch

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nap (uncountable)

1. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

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to nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

[edit] Etymology 3

• From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

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nap (plural naps)

1. (British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts best tips.
2. (uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon

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[edit] Etymology 4

possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish nappa (“‘pinch’”)

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to nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. (obsolete) To grab; to nab.

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• kidnap

[edit] Etymology 5

From French napper, from nappe (“‘nape’”).

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to nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
   • 2006, Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs‎:

     Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of anp
• NPA
• pan, Pan, PAN
• PNA

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[edit] Catalan

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Latin napus

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nap m

1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

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[edit] Dutch

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• IPA: /nɑp/

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nap fm

1. Drinking cup

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɒp/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

nap (plural napok)

1. day

   Egy hét 7 napból áll. - A week consists of 7 days.

2. sun (also written Nap in the astronomical sense)

   Süt a nap. - The sun is shining.

3. sunshine (a location where the sun's rays fall)

   Délben nem jó kimenni a napra. - It's not good to go to the sunshine at noon.

[edit] Declension

declension of nap singular plural nominative nap napok accusative napot napokat dative napnak napoknak instrumental nappal napokkal causal-final napért napokért translative nappá napokká terminative napig napokig essive-formal napként napokként essive-modal - - inessive napban napokban superessive napon napokon adessive napnál napoknál illative napba napokba sublative napra napokra allative naphoz napokhoz elative napból napokból delative napról napokról ablative naptól napoktól

possessives of nap possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. napom napjaim 2nd person sing. napod napjaid 3rd person sing. napja napjai 1st person plural napunk napjaink 2nd person plural napotok napjaitok 3rd person plural napjuk napjaik

[edit] Derived terms

• napi
• naponta
• nappal

Compound words

aznap Bányásznap hétköznap holnap hónap másnap

mindennap napellenző napernyő napfelkelte napfény napfogyatkozás

napkelte naplemente napnyugta napóra napraforgó naprendszer

napsütés napszak napszemüveg naptár névnap tegnap születésnap

Expressions

• anyák napja
• jó napot

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[edit] Occitan

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Latin napus

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nap m.

1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

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[edit] Romanian

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Latin napus

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nap m.

1. beet