atop

See also: at op

English

Etymology

From a- (“on”) +‎ top.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɒp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Preposition

atop

1. On the top of.

   He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

   • 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:

     For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.

   • 1966, The Minnesota Review, volume 6, page 242:

     A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.

   • 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48:

     "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.

   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.

2. On the top (with of).

   He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

Usage notes

"Atop of" was formerly much more commonly used than now.

Synonyms

• on top
• ontop (mainly US)

Derived terms

• thereatop

Translations

on the top of

• Arabic: فَوْق (ar) (fawq)

  Egyptian Arabic: فوق (fooʔ)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: a la cima
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在……頂上 / 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng)

• Dutch: bovenop (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: päällä (fi); huipulla (fi)
• French: au-dessus de (fr), en haut de (fr)
• German: obenauf (de), zuoberst (de), obendrauf (coll.)
• Guaraní: ári
• Hindi: के ऊपर (ke ūpar)
• Hungarian: tetején (hu)
• Italian: in cima, in cima a, sopra (it), sur (it), su (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: លើ (km) (ləə)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: enriva de
• Latin: supra (la)
• Mbyá Guaraní: áry
• Navajo: bikáaʼgi
• Portuguese: sobre (pt)
• Quechua: pata
• Russian: наверху (ru) (naverxu)
• Scots: atap
• Slovak: navrchu, navrch
• Spanish: encima de
• Swedish: på toppen av
• Thai: ข้างบน (kâang-bon)

Adverb

atop (not comparable)

1. (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
   • 1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46:

     He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.

   • 1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102:

     The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.

   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52:

     Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.

   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[2], Hachette, →ISBN:

     Probably cuddled up, spooning. Netflix auto-playing atop their shared covers.

Translations

on, to or at the top

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在……頂上 / 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng)

• Finnish: päällä (fi) (on or at), päälle (fi) (to)
• French: en haut de (fr)
• Hungarian: fent (hu), felül (hu)
• Slovak: navrchu, navrch

Anagrams

• POTA, pato

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atop

1. roof; thatch

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atop

1. roof; thatch

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]
• Hyphenation: a‧top

Noun

atóp (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

1. roof; thatch

   Synonyms: bubong, bubongan

Derived terms

• atopan
• mag-atop

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧top
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔɐˈt̪op]

Noun

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

1. roof (cover at the top of a building)
2. roofing (material used on the outside of a roof)
3. rooftop
4. paper covering for a kite

Verb

atóp (Badlit spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜉ᜔)

1. to put a roof; to cover or furnish with a roof
2. to cover a kite with paper covering

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:atop.

Anagrams

• otap, pato, tapo, taop

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atop

1. roof

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧top
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtop/ [ʔaˈtop]

Noun

atóp

1. roof

   Synonym: bubongan

Derived terms

• atopan
• mag-atop

 

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. Compare Malay atap, Tagalog atip, Tausug atup, Rungus ta'ap, Tambunan Dusun ta'ap, Lotud ta'ap and Kimaragang ta'ap.

Noun

atóp

1. roof; thatch