nep
Translingual
Symbol
nep
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Nepali.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
Etymology 1
From Middle English neppe, nepe, nepte, nept, from Old English nepte, nefte, from Latin nepeta. Compare Dutch neppe, nippe (“catnip”).
Alternative forms
- nip (dialectal)
Noun
nep (usually uncountable, plural neps)
- 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.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio 2007, p. 201:
Etymology 2
Perhaps a variant of nap for knap, from Middle English knep, kneppe, knappe, a conflation of Old English cnep, cnæp, cnæpp (“top, knop, summit”) and Old Norse knappr (“knob”), both from Proto-Germanic *knappaz, *knappô (“knob”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball”). Compare also Old Norse hnappr (“button”). Related to knob.
Noun
nep (plural neps)
- (UK, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.
Etymology 3
Short for nepotist.
Noun
nep (plural neps)
- (US, slang, derogatory) One who engages in nepotism, usually referring to the one who benefits from it.
Anagrams
- PEN, PNe, Pen, pen
Ainu
Etymology
From ne (“interrogatory root”) + p (“thing”). See nekon, nen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ne̞p]
Pronoun
nep (Kana spelling ネㇷ゚)
- (interrogative) what
Usage notes
Less common in spoken language than hemanta.
Synonyms
- hemanta
See also
Personal | Qualitative | Quantitative | Temporal | Spacial | ||
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what? | who? | which? | what kind of? how? | how many? | when? | where? |
hemanta, nep | hunna, nen | inan | mak, makanak, nekon | henpak | henpara | hunak |
Dutch
Etymology
From German Nepp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: nep
- Rhymes: -ɛp
Noun
nep m (uncountable)
- imitation, fake
Adjective
nep (comparative nepper, superlative nepst)
- fake, not real
- artificial, not natural
Inflection
Some Dutch speakers may consider attributive use of this adjective informal. Thus, the inflected form neppe is not very commonly used in more formal language. In such language, the word is used more often in compounds formed by prefixing with nep-. The predicative and partitive forms are used normally.
Inflection of nep | ||||
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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
- nepvlees
Anagrams
- pen
Middle English
Noun
nep
- Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)