nep

See also: Nep, NEP, nép, nếp, and Nep.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

Clipping of nepte.

Noun

nep (usually uncountable, plural neps)

1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio 2007, p. 201:

     Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit over the hot fumes thereof.

Etymology 2

Noun

nep (plural neps)

1. (UK, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.

Anagrams

• PEN, PNe, Pen, pen

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Dutch

Etymology

From German Nepp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛp/

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• Hyphenation: nep
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

nep m (uncountable)

1. imitation, fake

Adjective

nep (comparative nepper, superlative nepst)

1. fake, not real
2. artificial, not natural

Inflection

This word is not commonly used as an attributive adjective; in fact, some Dutch speakers may consider such use informal. Thus, the inflected form neppe is not very commonly used. This word is used more often in compounds formed by prefixing with nep-. The predicative and partitive forms are used normally.

Declension of nep
uninflected	nep
inflected	neppe
comparative	nepper
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		nep	nepper	het nepst het nepste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	neppe	neppere	nepste
	n. sing.	nep	nepper	nepste
	plural	neppe	neppere	nepste
definite		neppe	neppere	nepste
partitive		neps	neppers	—

Synonyms

• namaak

Antonyms

• authentiek
• echt
• natuurlijk

Derived terms

• nepneutraliteit
• nepnieuws
• nepperd

Anagrams

• pen

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Middle English

Noun

nep

1. Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)