jupe
See also: Jupe
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.
Pronunciation
- enPR: zho͞op, IPA(key): /ʒuːp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
jupe (plural jupes)
- A style of skirt.
- A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.
Related terms
- jupe panel
Etymology 2
Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ
Pronunciation
- enPR: jo͞op, IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
jupe (plural jupes)
- (IRC) A block placed on a server, nickname or channel.
Verb
jupe (third-person singular simple present jupes, present participle juping, simple past and past participle juped)
- (IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).
See also
- g-line
- k-line
French
Etymology
From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba, “long garment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒyp/
audio (file)
Noun
jupe f (plural jupes)
- skirt
- 1994, Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte:
- On était une bonne trentaine, rien que des cadres moyens âgés de vint-cinq à quarante ans. À un moment donné il y a une connasse qui a commencé à se déshabiller. Ella a ôté son T-shirt, puis son soutien-gorge, puis sa jupe, tout ça en faisant des mines incroyables.
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Derived terms
- jupette
- jupon
- minijupe
Descendants
- → Egyptian Arabic: جيبة (žība)
- → German: Jupe
- → Luxembourgish: Jupe
- → Spanish: chupa
- → Galician: chupa
- → Vietnamese: giuýp
Further reading
- “jupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ğubba”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 19: Orientalia, page 57
Middle English
Alternative forms
- joupe, gype, jowpe
Etymology
From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba, “long garment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒiu̯p(ə)/, /ˈdʒuːp(ə)/
Noun
jupe
- A coat or tunic worn loosely.
Related terms
- jupon
Descendants
- English: jupe
- ⇒ English: jump
- ⇒ English: jumper (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ English: jump
- Scots: juip
References
- “jūpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.