sloop

See also: Sloop

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sloep.

Pronunciation

• enPR: slo͞op, IPA^(key): /sluːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

A sloop

sloop (plural sloops)

1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,

     I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:

     Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.

2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
3. (military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

Descendants

• → 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)

Translations

single-masted sailboat

• Belarusian: шлюп m (šljup)
• Catalan: sloop m, balandra f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單桅帆船／单桅帆船, 单桅帆船 (dānwéi fánchuán)

• Czech: šalupa f
• Danish: slup
• Dutch: sloep (nl) m or f
• Estonian: luup (et)
• Faroese: slupp f
• Finnish: sluuppi (fi)
• French: sloop (fr) m
• Georgian: კანჯო (ḳanǯo)
• German: Slup (de) f, Schaluppe (de) f
• Icelandic: slúppa
• Ido: slupo (io)
• Italian: sloop (it) m
• Japanese: スループ (surūpu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slupp m

  Nynorsk: slupp m

• Polish: slup (pl) m
• Portuguese: chalupa (pt) f
• Russian: шлюп (ru) m (šljup)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слуп m

  Roman: slup (sh) m

• Slovak: šalupa f
• Slovene: slup m
• Spanish: balandra f, chalupa (es) f
• Swedish: slup
• Thai: สลุบ (sà-lùp)
• Ukrainian: шлюп m (šljup)
• Volapük: jalup (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corvetta (it) f
• Low German: ^{(please verify)} schlup
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Vietnamese: thuyền nhỏ một buồm; tàu tuần ^{(please verify)} tra (vi)

Anagrams

• Loops, OOPLs, loops, polos, pools, spool

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloːp/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slope, from Old Dutch *slōpa, from Proto-Germanic *slaupǭ.

Noun

sloop c (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje n)

1. pillowcase

Derived terms

• kussensloop

Etymology 2

From slopen.

Noun

sloop m (uncountable)

1. demolition

Verb

sloop

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of sluipen
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of slopen
3. (deprecated template usage) imperative of slopen

Anagrams

• loops, los op, oplos, Pools