Nape Definition
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English
A
geisha, with unpainted
nape.
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Nape
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown, circa 1300. Possibly from Old Frisian hanap (“goblet”), due to hollow at base of the skull.[1]
Noun
nape (plural napes)
- The back part of the neck.
Synonyms
Translations
back part of the neck
- Afrikaans: nek
- Albanian: zverk m.
- Arabic: قفا ar(ar) (qufā) f.
- Catalan: bescoll ca(ca) m. (especially for animals), nuca ca(ca) f., clatell ca(ca) m. (especially for humans)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 項 cmn(cmn), 项 cmn(cmn) (xiàng), 脖頸兒 cmn(cmn), 脖颈儿 cmn(cmn) (bógěngr), 脖頸 cmn(cmn), 脖颈 cmn(cmn) (bójǐng), 頸背 cmn(cmn), 颈背 cmn(cmn) (jǐngbèi), 後頸 cmn(cmn), 后颈 cmn(cmn) (hòujǐng)
- Croatian: zatiljak hr(hr) m.
- Danish: nakke da(da) c.
- Faroese: nakki fo(fo) m.
- Finnish: niska fi(fi)
- French: nuque fr(fr) f.
- German: Nacken de(de) m., Genick de(de) n.
- Greek: σβέρκος el(el) m., αυχένας el(el) (afchénas) m.
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- Hungarian: tarkó hu(hu), nyakszirt hu(hu)
- Icelandic: hnakki is(is) m.
- Italian: nuca it(it) f., coppa it(it) f.
- Japanese: 項 ja(ja) (うなじ, unaji), 襟首 ja(ja) (えりくび, erikubi)
- Korean: 목덜미 (mukdeolmi)
- Norwegian: nakke no(no) m.
- Polish: kark pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: nuca pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: ceafă ro(ro) f., grumaz ro(ro) m. and f., cerbice ro(ro)
- Russian: затылок ru(ru) (zatýlok) m.
- Sicilian: cozzu m.
- Slovene: zatilje n.
- Spanish: nuca es(es) f.
- Swedish: nacke sv(sv) c.
- Turkish: ense tr(tr)
- Volapük: nük vo(vo)
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Etymology 2
Short for napalm.
Verb
to nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)
- To bombard with napalm.
References
- ^ “nape” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
nāpe
- vocative singular of nāpus
Old French
Noun
nape f. (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)
- table cloth
Descendants
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