dupe

See also: dupé, dupę, and düpe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djuːp/
• Hyphenation: dupe

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French duper, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French duppe.

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

1. A person who has been deceived.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 55:

     It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dupe

Related terms

• dupery

Translations

deceived person

• Bulgarian: лековерник m (lekovernik), будала (bg) m (budala)
• Czech: napálený m, oklamaný m, podvedený m
• Dutch: gedupeerde (nl) m or f, bedrogene (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: trompito, trompato
• Finnish: houkka (fi)
• Greek: κορόιδο (el) n (koróido), αγαθιάρης (el) m (agathiáris)
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• Hebrew: פראייר (he) m (frayer)
• Hungarian: balek (hu), palimadár
• Ido: dupo (io)
• Portuguese: ludibriado (pt) m
• Russian: простофи́ля (ru) m or f (prostofílja), несообрази́тельный челове́к m (nesoobrazítelʹnyj čelovék), жертва́ обма́на f (žertvá obmána), (partly) легкове́рный челове́к m (lexkovérnyj čelovék), фра́ер (ru) m (frájer) (slang)
• Spanish: incauto (es), engrupido (es), engañado (es) m

Verb

1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Translations

to swindle, deceive, or trick

• Arabic: يخدع
• Bulgarian: мамя (bg) (mamja), измамвам (bg) (izmamvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欺騙／欺骗 (zh) (qīpiàn), 上當／上当 (zh) (shàngdàng)

• Czech: oklamat (cs), napálit (cs)
• Esperanto: trompi
• Finnish: puijata (fi), höynäyttää, narrata (fi)
• French: duper (fr)
• German: überlisten (de)
• Greek: κοροϊδεύω (el) (koroïdévo), εξαπατώ (el) (exapató)
• Hungarian: rászed (hu), becsap (hu), átvág (hu), palira vesz
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: dupigar (io)
• Indonesian: menipu (id), mengakali (id), membodohi (id), memperdaya (id)
• Norwegian: dupere
• Polish: oszukiwać (pl)
• Portuguese: enganar (pt), defraudar (pt)
• Russian: обма́нывать (ru) impf (obmányvatʹ), одура́чивать (ru) impf (oduráčivatʹ), вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (ru) impf (vvodítʹ v zabluždénije), (partly) ловчи́ть (ru) impf (lovčítʹ), (informal) надува́ть (ru) impf (naduvátʹ), (informal) разводи́ть (ru) impf (razvodítʹ), (informal) кида́ть (ru) impf (kidátʹ)
• Slovak: podviesť, oklamať
• Spanish: engañar (es)
• Swedish: dupera (sv), lura (sv)
• Turkish: aldatmak (tr), kandırmak (tr), keklemek (slang), söğüşlemek (tr) (slang)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of duplicate

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

1. (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
2. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
3. (informal) A duplicate.

Verb

1. (transitive) To duplicate.

   Can you dupe this photo for me?

Synonyms

• double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate

Antonyms

• dedupe, halve

Anagrams

• E'd up, pued

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Bube

Noun

dupe

1. ghost

Descendants

• English: duppy

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdypə/
• Hyphenation: du‧pe

Noun

dupe m (plural dupes)

1. victim

Synonyms

• slachtoffer

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyp/
• IPA^(key): /dzʏp/

Verb

dupe

1. first-person singular present indicative of duper
2. third-person singular present indicative of duper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of duper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of duper
5. second-person singular imperative of duper

Noun

dupe f (plural dupes)

1. A person who has been deceived, see dupe.

Further reading

• “dupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dupę

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûpe/

Noun

dȕpe n (Cyrillic spelling ду̏пе)

1. (vulgar) ass

   Imaš l(ij)epo dupe. ― You have a nice ass.

   Synonym: gùzica

Declension

Declension of dupe

	singular	plural
nominative	dȕpe	dupèta
genitive	dupeta	dupétā
dative	dupetu	dupetima
accusative	dupe	dupeta
vocative	dupe	dupeta
locative	dupetu	dupetima
instrumental	dupetom	dupetima