roup

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹuːp/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

A variant of roop.

Verb

roup (third-person singular simple present roups, present participle rouping, simple past and past participle rouped)

  1. To cry or shout.
  2. (Scotland) To sell by auction.
    • 1791, William Orem, A Description of the Chanonry in Old Aberdeen:
      During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually

Noun

roup (plural roups)

  1. An outcry.
  2. (Scotland) A sale of goods by auction.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

roup (uncountable)

  1. An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Cognate with Polish rup (“pinworm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrou̯p]

Noun

roup m anim

  1. pinworm
    roup lidský ― human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)

Declension
Declension of roup (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative roup roupi
genitive roupa roupů
dative roupovi, roupu roupům
accusative roupa roupy
vocative roupe roupi
locative roupovi, roupu roupech
instrumental roupem roupy

Noun

roup m inan

  1. (in the plural) foolishness, caprice

Declension
Declension of roupy (pl-only hard masculine inanimate)
plural
nominative roupy
genitive roupů
dative roupům
accusative roupy
vocative roupy
locative roupech
instrumental roupy

Further reading
  • roup in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • roup in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • roup in Internetová jazyková příručka
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