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English

Etymology

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English a-

English top

English atop

From a- (“on”) + top.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈtɒp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒp

Preposition

atop

On the top of.
He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
- 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:
  For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
- 1966, The Minnesota Review, volume 6, page 242:
  A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
- 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48:
  "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
  “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
- 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 April 2025:
  The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win if they imagine themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need to involve ourselves in the creation of pop culture.”
- 2026 February 9, Jon Caramanica, “Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2026:
  The Super Bowl rendition began with workers falling from utility poles in a flash of sparks, a nod to the blackouts that crippled the U.S. territory for several months following Hurricane Maria in 2017. […] In one segment, Bad Bunny performed “El Apagón” atop a replica utility pole.
(dated) On the top (with of).
He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

Synonyms

on top
ontop (mainly US)

Derived terms

thereatop

Translations

on the top of

Arabic: فَوْق (ar) (fawq)
Egyptian Arabic: فوق (fooʔ)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: a la cima
Chinese:
Mandarin: 在……頂上 / 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng)
Dutch: bovenop (nl)
Esperanto: sur (eo)
Finnish: päällä (fi); huipulla (fi)
French: au-dessus de (fr), en haut de (fr)
German: obenauf (de), zuoberst (de), obendrauf (coll.)
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: áry

Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} ári
Hindi: के ऊपर (ke ūpar)
Hungarian: tetején (hu)
Irish: ar bharr
Italian: in cima, in cima a, sopra (it), sur (it), su (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: លើ (km) (ləə)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: enriva de
Latin: supra (la)
Navajo: bikáaʼgi
Polish: na (pl)
Portuguese: sobre (pt)
Quechua: pata
Russian: наверху (ru) (naverxu)
Scots: atap
Slovak: navrchu, navrch
Spanish: encima de
Swedish: på toppen av
Thai: ข้างบน (kâang-bon)

Adverb

atop (not comparable)

(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
- 1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46:
  He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
- 1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102:
  The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.
- 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:
  Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.
- 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[4], Hachette, →ISBN:
  Probably cuddled up, spooning. Netflix auto-playing atop their shared covers.

Translations

on, to or at the top

Chinese:
Mandarin: 在……頂上 / 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng)
Finnish: päällä (fi) (on or at), päälle (fi) (to)
French: en haut de (fr)
Hungarian: fent (hu), felül (hu)
Polish: na wierzchu
Slovak: navrchu, navrch

Anagrams

POTA, pato

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈt̪op]
Rhymes: -op
Syllabification: a‧top

Noun

atóp

roof; thatch

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atop

roof; thatch

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧top
IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔɐˈt̪op]
Audio: (file)

Noun

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

roof (cover at the top of a building)
roofing (material used on the outside of a roof)
rooftop
paper covering for a kite

Verb

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

to put a roof; to cover or furnish with a roof
to cover a kite with paper covering

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:atop.

Anagrams

otap, pato, tapo, taop

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]
Hyphenation: a‧top

Noun

atóp (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

roof; thatch
Synonyms: bubong, bubongan

Derived terms

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atop

roof

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧top
IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]

Noun

atóp

roof
Synonym: bubongan

Derived terms

Ponosakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Cognate with Mongondow atop, Tausug atup, Tagalog atip, Indonesian atap.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/, [ʔaˈtɔp]^[1]
Hyphenation: a‧top

Noun

atop

roof

References

^ J. Akun Danie; F. Rogi Warouw; A. B. G. Rattu; G. Karim Bachmid (1991), Fonologi Bahasa Ponosakan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Southern Catanduanes Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atóp

roof; thatch

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