tope
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /toʊp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊp
- Homophone: taupe
Verb
tope (third-person singular simple present topes, present participle toping, simple past and past participle toped)
- (archaic) To drink excessively; to get drunk.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
tope (plural topes)
- A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
Translations
Galeorhinus galeus
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Etymology 3
From Tamil.
Noun
tope (plural topes)
- (India) A grove of trees.
- 1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love
- Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.
- 2011, Chandra Mallampalli, Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India:
- In addition, a memorandum was kept containing receipts and issues of toddy drawn at a toddy tope.
- 1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love
Noun
tope (plural topes)
Galician
Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pe/
- Rhymes: -ɔpe
- Hyphenation: tò‧pe
Middle English
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pɨ/
- Hyphenation: to‧pe
Etymology 1
Deverbal from topar.
Noun
tope m (plural topes)
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Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtope/ [ˈt̪o.pe]
- Rhymes: -ope
- Syllabification: to‧pe
Etymology 1
Deverbal from topar.
Noun
tope m (plural topes)
- butt, end, butt end
- stop, catch, snag (also figuratively)
- collision
- quarrel, fight
- reinforcement
- (railway) buffer, bumper
- (nautical) masthead, lookout
- (Mexico) speed bump
- Synonym: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) túmulo
- (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) equestrian parade usually held on the first day of a festival
Synonyms
- borda f (Honduras)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French top (“top, summit”), from Frankish *top; compare English top.
Verb
tope
- inflection of topar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “tope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.pe/
Verb
tope
Usage notes
This term does not appear to be conjugated.
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