nap

See also Nap, and NAP

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappōnan (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (> Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) > German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).

Noun

nap (plural naps)

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:sleep

Derived terms

• catnap
• dirt nap

See also

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

Translations

a short period of sleep, especially during the day

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小睡 (cmn) (xiǎoshuì), (in the afternoon) 午睡 (cmn) (wǔshuì)

• Dutch: dutje (nl) n
• Finnish: nokoset (fi) pl, nokkaunet (fi) pl, tirsat (fi) pl (colloquial)
• French: sieste (fr) f, somme (fr) m
• Georgian: თვლემა (ka) (t'vlema), რული (ka) (ruli), ხანმოკლე ძილი (ka) (xanmokle jili)
• German: Nickerchen (de) n
• Greek: υπνάκος (el) (ypnákos) m
• Italian: pisolino (it) m, pennichella (it) f
• Japanese: うたた寝 (ja) (うたたね, utatane)
• Latin: intervigilium (la) n

• Marathi: डुलकी (Dulaki)
• Polish: drzemka f
• Portuguese: sesta (pt) f, soneca (pt) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: лёгкий сон (ru) (ljóxkij son) m
• Scottish Gaelic: dùsal (gd) m, norrag (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: дремка (sh) (dremka) f
• Spanish: siesta (es) f
• Swedish: tupplur (sv) c
• Tagalog: idlip (tl)
• Thai: งีบ (th) (ngêep)

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• catch napping

Translations

To have a nap

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打盹 (cmn) (dǎdǔn), 小睡 (cmn) (xiǎoshuì), (in the afternoon) 午睡 (cmn) (wǔshuì)

• Dutch: een dutje doen (nl)
• French: faire une sieste, faire un somme (fr)
• Greek: ελαφροκοιμάμαι (el) (elafrokoimámai)
• Polish: drzemać
• Romanian: dormita (ro)

• Russian: дремать (ru) (dremát') impf., подремать (ru) (podremát') pf., вздремнуть (ru) (vzdremnút') pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan dùsal (gd)
• Spanish: dormitar (es), hacer siesta (es)
• Swedish: ta en tupplur (sv)
• Tagalog: idlip (tl)
• Thai: งีบ (th) (ngêep)

Synonyms

• snooze
• doze

Etymology 2

From Middle English nappe, from Middle Dutch

Noun

nap (uncountable)

1. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
   • 1591, King Henry VI part II, by William Shakespeare

     I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 37:

     There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap.

Translations

a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather

• Greek: χνούδι (el) (chnoúdi) n
• Irish: caitín (ga) m, bruth (ga) m

• Russian: ворс (ru) (vors) m, пушок (ru) (pušók) m

Verb

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)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

nap (plural naps)

1. (UK) 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

Derived terms

• go nap

Translations

card game

• Italian: napoleone (it) m

• Russian: наполеон (ru) (napoleón) m

Etymology 4

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

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) to grab; to nab

Derived terms

• kidnap

Etymology 5

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• NPA
• pan, Pan, PAN
• PNA

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin napus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nap, from Old Dutch nap, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɑp/

Noun

nap m (plural nappen, diminutive napje)

1. drinking cup

Derived terms

• zuignap

Anagrams

• pan

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɒp/

• Audio

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Noun

nap (plural napok)

1. day

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

2. sun (also written Nap in astronomical context)

   Süt a nap. - The sun is shining.

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

Derived terms

• napi
• naponta
• nappal

Compound words

aznap Bányásznap hétköznap holnap hónap másnap mindennap

napellenző napernyő napfelkelte napfény napfogyatkozás napforduló napkelte

naplemente napnyugta napóra napraforgó naprendszer napsütés napszúrás

napszak napszemüveg naptár naptej névnap tegnap szabadnap születésnap ünnepnap

Expressions

• anyák napja
• jó napot

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin napus

Noun

nap m (plural naps)

1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nāpus.

Noun

nap m (plural napi)

1. turnip or swede (Brassica napus)
2. carrot

Declension

declension of nap

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un nap	napul	niște napi	napii
genitive/dative	unui nap	napului	unor napi	napilor

See also

• navetă
• rapiță
• sfeclă