toples
Indonesian
Etymology
Hypercorrection of setoples as se- + toples.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔp̚ləs]
- Hyphenation: top‧lês
Noun
toples (first-person possessive toplesku, second-person possessive toplesmu, third-person possessive toplesnya)
- Alternative form of stoples (“(bell) jar”).
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔp.lɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɔplɛs
- Syllabification: top‧les
- Homophone: topless
Adjective
toples (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of topless.
Adverb
toples (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of topless.
Noun
toples m inan (indeclinable) or toples m inan
- Alternative spelling of topless.
Declension
Declension of toples
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | toples | toplesy |
| genitive | toplesu | toplesów |
| dative | toplesowi | toplesom |
| accusative | toples | toplesy |
| instrumental | toplesem | toplesami |
| locative | toplesie | toplesach |
| vocative | toplesie | toplesy |
Further reading
- toples in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- toples in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
From English topless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoples/ [ˈt̪o.ples]
- Rhymes: -oples
- Syllabification: to‧ples
Adjective
toples (invariable)
- topless (exposing one's bare chest)
- 2013 August 16, Laura Campmany, “¿Si hay playas nudistas, por qué no hay playas para toples?”, in El Periodico:
- Nosotros no tenemos la costumbre de hacer toples ni nos gusta tomar el sol rodeados de gente que lo practique, y cada año nos cuesta más encontrar un sitio de nuestro agrado.
- We don't customarily go topless nor do we like sunbathing surronded by people who do practise it, and every year we find it more difficult to find a place to our liking.
- 2012 September 17, “La ‘reina’ Kate, desnuda también en Italia”, in El Pais:
- "Se ha cruzado la línea roja", advirtieron los portavoces de la casa real británica al ver las primeras imágenes en toples de Catalina.
- "A red line has been crossed", warned the spokespersons of the royal household upon seeing the first topless images of Princess Kate.
- 2007, Luis Artigue, Las perlas del loco page 62
- Respiró con ansia al salir y nadó hacia la orilla, se puso en pie y entonces acertó a ver que se encontraba en una playa del Caribe llena de mulatas en toples.
- He breathed anxiously when he left and swam towards the shore, got to his feet and then happened to see that he found himself on a beach in the Caribbean full of topless mulatto women.
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Further reading
- “toples”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014