rap

rap

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Translingual

Symbol

rap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Rapa Nui.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Rapa Nui terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • Homophone: wrap

Etymology 1

From Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian rapp (“a blow, strike, lash”), Swedish rapp (“a blow, lash, crack”), Danish rap (“a tap, smart, blow”). Compare Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”). More at rape.

Noun

rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)

  1. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
  2. (slang, with definite article) The blame for something.
    Synonyms: blame, fall
  3. (informal) A casual talk.
  4. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
  5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
  6. (Australia, informal) An appraisal.
  7. (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Dutch: raps
    • ⇒ Dutch: rapsen
  • → Finnish: rap
  • → German: Rap
  • → Macedonian: рап (rap)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa (“to strike, beat, rap”), German rappeln (“to rattle”).

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

  1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
  2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
  3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
  4. To utter quickly and sharply.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
  6. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
Synonyms
  • (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • emcee
  • hip-hop

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

  1. A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.

Etymology 4

Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

  1. (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
  2. A whit; a jot.

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Scand., as Ice. hrapa, to rush headlong, cog. with Ger. raffen, to snatch.”)

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped or rapt)

  1. (transitive) To seize and carry off.
  2. (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.

Etymology 6

From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”).

Noun

rap (plural raps)

  1. (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.
    Synonym: RAP
  2. (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
Derived terms

Etymology 7

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

  1. to rappel
Derived terms

See also

  • rap-full (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

Acehnese

Adjective

rap

  1. near

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rap, from English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rap/, [rap]

Noun

rap inan

  1. rap music

Declension

Further reading

  • “rap”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrap]

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

  1. monkfish

Hyponyms

  • rap vermell

Further reading

  • “rap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap, from Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin.

Noun

rap

  1. rap music
  2. a song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music

Verb

rap

  1. to rap; to perform a rap

Danish

Etymology 1

Interjection

rap

  1. quack (imitating the sound of a duck)

Etymology 2

Of North Germanic and ultimately imitative origin; compare with Swedish rappa (“drub, beat, hit”).

Noun

rap n (indefinite plural rap)

  1. a strike intended to motivate someone to do something (e.g. for punishment or to spur on an animal)

Etymology 3

Adjective

rap (neuter rapt, plural and definite singular attributive rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)

  1. quick, rapid
Inflection

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rappe

Etymology 5

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rappe

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rap, probably derived from rapen (Dutch rapen) which originally also meant "to make haste"; compare reppen and also Old Norse hrapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑp/
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Adjective

rap (comparative rapper, superlative rapst)

  1. quick, fast
    Synonyms: snel, vlug, rad, kwiek, gezwind, ras
Declension

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛp/ (Netherlands), IPA(key): /rɑp/ (Belgium) or as in English
  • (Netherlands), (Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -ɛp (Netherlands), Rhymes: -ɑp (Belgium)

Noun

rap m (uncountable)

  1. rap music
Derived terms
  • rapmuziek
  • rappen

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑp/, [ˈrɑ̝p]
  • IPA(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]
  • Rhymes: -ɑp
  • Hyphenation(key): rap

Noun

rap

  1. rap, rap music

Usage notes

As the word "rap" does not sit well in Finnish grammatic structure, the term räppi is widely used. Also the compound form rap-musiikki is quite common.

Declension

Synonyms

  • räppi

Derived terms

Related terms

  • räpätä
  • räppäri

Further reading

  • “rap”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁap/
  • Homophones: wrap, râpe

Noun

rap m (uncountable)

  1. rap; rap music

Anagrams

  • par

Hungarian

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛp]
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

rap (plural rapek)

  1. (music) rap

Declension

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low Prussian Râp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrap/
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: rap

Noun

rap m animal

  1. (archaic) black horse
  2. Tatar horse
    Synonym: bachmat
  3. huge herring

Declension

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kary, bachmat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kary, bachmat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[4]
  • “rap”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Middle English

Noun

rap

  1. Alternative form of rop (“rope”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)

  1. A burp; belch.

Related terms

  • rape

Verb

rap

  1. imperative of rape

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Compare Old Frisian rāp (West Frisian reap), Old Dutch reip, rēp (Dutch reep), Old High German reif (German Reif).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑːp/

Noun

rāp m

  1. rope

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Related terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: rop, rap, rope, roop, roope
    • English: rope, roap, roape
      • → Irish: rópa
      • Tok Pisin: rop
    • Scots: raip
    • → Old French: rap

Old French

Etymology 1

Deverbal of Latin rapiō.

Noun

rap oblique singular, m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

  1. violent seizure
  2. abduction
  3. rape (unlawful sexual penetration)
Descendants
  • English: rape

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Early Middle English rap, from Old English rāp.

Noun

rap oblique singular, m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

  1. rope

References

  • rap on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • *rēp

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raip. Cognates include Old English rāp and Old Saxon *rēp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːp/

Noun

rāp m

  1. rope

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: riap
    Halligen: reep
    Mooring: ruup
    Wiedingharde: ruup
  • Saterland Frisian: Roop
  • West Frisian: reap

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrap/
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: rap
  • Homophones: rab, Rab, wrap

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rap.

Noun

rap m inan (related adjective rapowy)

  1. rap music
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rapa.

Noun

rap m animal

  1. asp (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)
    Synonyms: boleń, boleń pospolity, chwat, rapa
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rap f

  1. genitive plural of rapa

Further reading

  • rap I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rap II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • rap in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rap.

Pronunciation

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

  1. rap music (music genre)
    Synonym: hip hop

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rap.

Noun

rap n (uncountable)

  1. (music) rap

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrap/ [ˈrap]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: rap

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

  1. rap (music genre)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “rap”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Noun

rap class IX (plural rap class X)

  1. (music) rap, rap music

Swedish

Etymology 1

Back-formation of rapa (“to belch”), from Old Swedish rapa. Cognate with Norwegian rape (“to belch”).

Noun

rap c

  1. a burp, a belch
Declension
See also
  • rapa

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Noun

rap c

  1. (uncountable) rap music
Declension

References

  • rap in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • rap in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • rap in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • apr, par

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