nape

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /neɪp/ Rhymes: -eɪp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull. More at nap. ==== Noun ==== nape (plural napes) (anatomy) The back part of the neck. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. ===== Synonyms ===== nucha, nuchal (medicine) scruff, scruff of the neck withers (of a horse) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron. Doublet of map, mop, and nappe. ==== Noun ==== nape (plural napes) (obsolete) A tablecloth. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Short for napalm. ==== Noun ==== nape (uncountable) (military, slang) Napalm. 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script) RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em. ==== Verb ==== nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped) (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm. === References === === Anagrams === -pnea, neap, NEPA, Pena, pena, pané, pean, pane == Albanian == === Noun === nape indefinite dative/ablative singular of napë == Latin == === Noun === nāpe vocative singular of nāpus == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Unknown. ==== Alternative forms ==== naape ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈnaːp(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== nape (plural napys) The nape; the neck's rear. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head. ===== Derived terms ===== napyn ===== Descendants ===== English: nape ===== References ===== “nap, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa, modification of mappa. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈnaːp(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== nape (rare except in compound words) tablecloth ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: nape (obsolete) ===== References ===== “nāpe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 July 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== nape alternative form of nappen === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== nape alternative form of napyn == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin mappa. === Noun === nape oblique singular, f (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes) table cloth ==== Descendants ==== English: nape, napkin French: nappe === See also === table == Yola == === Noun === nape alternative form of neape GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY: Nipple is a diminutive of nape or neap. === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59