sloep

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch sloep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slup/

Noun

sloep (plural sloepe)

1. A small boat with oars, a mast or an engine, often carried on the deck of a ship; a sloop.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French chaloupe, chaloppe (“nutshell, seed husk”), from Old French eschalope (“pod, shell, nutshell”), probably a blend of Old French eschale (“shell”) and envelope (“casing, wrap, covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slup/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sloep
• Rhymes: -up

Noun

sloep f (plural sloepen, diminutive sloepje n)

1. A small boat, with oars and historically often with a mast.
   1. A rowing boat or small motorboat carried on a ship.
   2. (historical) A sloop.

Derived terms

• reddingssloep

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sloep
• → English: sloop
  • → Bengali: সুলুপ (śulup)
  • → Catalan: sloop
  • → Czech: šalupa
  • → Danish: slup
  • → Estonian: luup
  • → Faroese: slupp
  • → Finnish: sluuppi
  • → French: sloop
  • → German: Sloop, Slup, Schlup
  • → Icelandic: slúppa
  • → Italian: sloop
  • → Norwegian: slupp
  • → Polish: slup
  • → Serbo-Croatian: слуп (slup)
  • → Slovene: šalupa
  • → Swedish: slup
  • → Thai: สลุบ (sà-lùp)
• → Japanese: スループ (surūpu)
• → Belarusian: шлюп (šljup)
• → Russian: шлюп (šljup)
• → Ukrainian: шлюп (šljup)

Anagrams

• slope, spoel