jupe

See also: Jupe

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zho͞op, IPA(key): /ʒuːp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

  1. A style of skirt.
  2. A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.
  • jupe panel

Etymology 2

Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jo͞op, IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

jupe (plural jupes)

  1. (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)

  1. (IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).

See also

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba, long garment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒyp/
  • (file)

Noun

jupe f (plural jupes)

  1. 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.
      There were a good thirty of us, all middle-ranking executives aged between twenty-five and forty. At one point, some stupid bitch started undressing. She took off her T-shirt, then her bra, then her skirt, all while pulling the most incredible faces.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: جيبة (žība)
  • German: Jupe
  • Luxembourgish: Jupe
  • Spanish: chupa
  • Vietnamese: giuýp

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba, long garment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒiu̯p(ə)/, /ˈdʒuːp(ə)/

Noun

jupe

  1. A coat or tunic worn loosely.

Descendants

  • English: jupe
    • English: jump
      • English: jumper (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: juip

References

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