nape
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
Unknown, circa 1300. Possibly from Old Frisian hanap (“goblet”), due to hollow at base of the skull.[1]
[edit] Noun
nape (plural napes)
- The back part of the neck.
[edit] Synonyms
- nucha, nuchal (medicine)
- scruff, scruff of the neck
- withers (of a horse)
[edit] Translations
back part of the neck
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron.
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nape (plural napes)
- (obsolete) A tablecloth.
[edit] Etymology 3
Short for napalm.
[edit] Verb
nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)
- To bombard with napalm.
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
nāpe
- vocative singular of nāpus
[edit] Old French
[edit] Noun
nape f. (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)
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