sape

See also: sapé, sapè, and såpe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sap/

Etymology 1

From Old French sappe, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappa, Friulian sape, Romanian sapă.

Noun

sape f (plural sapes)

1. (regional, agriculture) a small scythe
2. (regional, agriculture) hoe, mattock

Related terms

• saper

See also

• faux
• houe, hoyau

Etymology 2

From saper (“to dress”)

Noun

sape f (plural sapes)

1. (colloquial) fashion, style
2. (in the plural) outfit

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

sape

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

Anagrams

• pesa

Further reading

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

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sappa.

Noun

sape f (plural sapis)

1. hoe

Related terms

• sapâ

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pe/

Verb

sape

1. present of saper
2. imperative of saper

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ape

Verb

sape

1. (archaic) third-person singular indicative present of sapere

Synonyms

• sa

Anagrams

• pesa

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sape

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sapiō

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Old English

Etymology

From Anglo-Frisian *saipǣ, from West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.pe/

Noun

sāpe f

1. soap

Declension

Declension of sāpe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāpe	sāpan
accusative	sāpan	sāpan
genitive	sāpan	sāpena
dative	sāpan	sāpum

Descendants

• Middle English: sope, sape
  • English: soap (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: saip, sape
  • → Middle Irish: sóp
  • → Old Norse: sápa
    • Icelandic: sápa
    • Faroese: sápa
    • Norwegian: såpe
    • Old Swedish: sāpa
      • Swedish: såpa
        • → Finnish: suopa, soopa