sloop

English

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Etymology

From Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch slœpen (“to glide”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: slo͞op, IPA: /sluːp/, X-SAMPA: /slu:p/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

A sloop

sloop (plural sloops)

1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
   • Year?, Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,

     I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.

2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
3. a sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette

Translations

single-masted sailboat

• Catalan: sloop (ca) m
• Czech: šalupa (cs) f
• Danish: slup (da)
• Dutch: sloep (nl)
• Estonian: luup (et)
• Finnish: sluuppi (fi)
• French: sloop (fr) m
• German: Slup (de) f, Schaluppe (de) f
• Icelandic: slúppa (is)
• Italian: sloop (it) m
• Japanese: スループ (ja) (surūpu)

• Norwegian: slupp (no)
• Polish: slup (pl) m
• Russian: шлюп (ru) (šljup) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слуп (sh) m

  Roman: slup (sh) m

• Slovak: šalupa (sk) f
• Spanish: balandra (es) f
• Swedish: slup (sv)
• Ukrainian: шлюп (uk) (šljup) m
• Volapük: jalup (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: balandra (ca) f
• Danish: slup (da)
• Dutch: sloep (nl)
• French: sloop (fr) m
• German: Schaluppe (de) f, Slup (de) f
• Icelandic: slúppa (is)
• Italian: corvetta (it) f
• Japanese: スループ (ja) (surūpu)

• Norwegian: slupp (no)
• Low German: schlup
• Spanish: balandra (es) f, chalupa (es) f
• Swedish: slup (sv)
• Ukrainian: шлюп (uk) (šljup) m (šlǔp)
• Vietnamese: thuyền nhỏ một buồm; tàu tuần tra (vi)

Anagrams

• loops, polos, pools, spool

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Dutch

Noun

sloop c (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje)

1. pillowcase

Noun

sloop m (uncountable)

1. demolition

Verb

sloop

1. singular past indicative of sluipen
2. first-person singular present indicative of slopen
3. imperative of slopen

Anagrams

• loops, los op, oplos, Pools