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tope

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See also: Tope, topé, topě, and -tope

English

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Etymology 1

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Alteration of obsolete top (to drink), as in top (off).

Verb

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tope (third-person singular simple present topes, present participle toping, simple past and past participle toped)

  1. (archaic) To drink excessively; to get drunk.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tope (plural topes)

  1. A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
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Etymology 3

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From Tamil.

Noun

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tope (plural topes)

  1. (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.

Etymology 4

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Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.

Noun

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tope (plural topes)

  1. A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.

Etymology 5

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Noun

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tope (plural topes)

  1. (India, obsolete) A cannon (weapon).
    • 1857, Cassell's Illustrated History of England, page 269:
      They found him strongly posted near the fortress of Deeg, in the midst of bogs, tanks, and topes, and formidably defended by artillery.

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Galician

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Verb

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tope

  1. inflection of topar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hoyahoya

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Noun

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tope

  1. meat

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pe/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpe
  • Hyphenation: tò‧pe

Noun

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tope f pl

  1. plural of topa

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Middle English

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Noun

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tope

  1. Alternative form of top

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: to‧pe

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from topar.

Noun

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tope m (plural topes)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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tope

  1. inflection of topar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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tope (Cyrillic spelling топе)

  1. third-person plural present of topiti

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtope/ [ˈt̪o.pe]
  • Rhymes: -ope
  • Syllabification: to‧pe

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from topar.

Noun

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tope m (plural topes)

  1. butt, end, butt end
  2. stop, catch, snag (also figuratively)
  3. collision
  4. quarrel, fight
  5. reinforcement
  6. (railway) buffer, bumper
  7. (nautical) masthead, lookout
  8. (Mexico) speed bump
    Synonym: (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) túmulo
  9. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) equestrian parade usually held on the first day of a festival
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Etymology 2

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From Old French top (top, summit), from Frankish *top; compare English top.

Noun

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tope m (plural topes)

  1. top, limit

Adverb

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tope

  1. (colloquial, Spain) really
    Es tope feo
    He's dead ugly

Etymology 3

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Verb

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tope

  1. inflection of topar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Swahili

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Noun

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tope class V (plural matope class VI)

  1. mud

West Flemish

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems derived from Latin talpa?”

Noun

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tope f (plural toopn, diminutive tooptje)

  1. vole
  2. shrew

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West Makian

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Verb

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tope

  1. (modal, auxiliary) to want to (do something)
    Synonym: seba
    de tope tefiamI want to eat
  2. (modal, auxiliary) to intend to (do something)
    Synonym: seba

Usage notes

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This term does not appear to be conjugated.

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics