tope

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /toʊp/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊp/ Rhymes: -əʊp Homophone: taupe === Etymology 1 === Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off). ==== 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 ===== toper ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tope (plural topes) A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu). ==== 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. === Etymology 4 === Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa. ==== Noun ==== tope (plural topes) A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa. === Etymology 5 === Borrowed from Hindi तोप (top), which in turn is borrowed from Classical Persian توپ (tōp). Ultimately loaned from a Turkic word, which is derived from Proto-Turkic *top. Compare Turkish top. ==== Noun ==== tope (plural topes) (India, obsolete) A cannon (weapon). ==== References ==== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “tope”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. === Anagrams === Pote, poet, pote, poët == Galician == === Verb === tope inflection of topar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Hoyahoya == === Noun === tope meat === References === Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006) == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.pe/ Rhymes: -ɔpe Hyphenation: tò‧pe === Noun === tope f pl plural of topa === Anagrams === peto, pote, poté == Middle English == === Noun === tope alternative form of top == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: to‧pe === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from topar. ==== Noun ==== tope m (plural topes) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tope inflection of topar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tope”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tope”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === tope (Cyrillic spelling топе) third-person plural present of topiti == 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. ==== Noun ==== tope m (plural topes) top, limit ==== Adverb ==== tope (colloquial, Spain) really === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== tope inflection of topar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tope class V (plural matope class VI) mud == West Flemish == === Etymology === === Noun === tope f (plural toopn, diminutive tooptje) vole shrew ==== Alternative forms ==== tolpe == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.pe/ === Verb === tope (modal, auxiliary) to want to (do something) Synonym: seba de tope tefiam ― I want to eat (modal, auxiliary) to intend to (do something) Synonym: seba ==== Usage notes ==== This term does not appear to be conjugated. === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics