rep

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Noun

rep (countable and uncountable, plural reps)

2. (informal) Clipping of reputation.
4. (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.

   Holonym: sets

6. (informal) Clipping of representative.
8. (informal) Clipping of representation.
10. (theater) Clipping of repertory.

12. (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
14. (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rep (third-person singular simple present reps, present participle repping, simple past and past participle repped)

1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To represent; to act as a representative for.
2. (informal) To display as a representative example.
3. (knitting) Abbreviation of repeat.
4. (transitive, weightlifting) To lift for multiple reps.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

Alternative forms

• repp

Noun

rep (countable and uncountable, plural reps)

1. (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. [from 19th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

• EPR, ERP, PER, Per., RPE, per, per-, per., pre, pre-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛp]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrəp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrep]

Verb

rep

1. inflection of rebre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-r(j)ap.

Verb

rep

1. to stand up, to get up

References

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎^[10], Santa Barbara: University of California

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

rep

1. inflection of reppen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• per

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• röp (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian hrōpa, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōpan.

Verb

rep

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to call

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reip (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse reip.

Noun

rep n (definite singular repet, indefinite plural rep, definite plural repa or repene)

1. a rope

Synonyms

• tau

References

• “rep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rêːp/

Noun

rȇp m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑п)

1. tail

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rępъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ́p/, /réːp/

Noun

rȅp or rẹ̑p m inan

1. tail

Inflection

Further reading

• “rep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse reip, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raipą, *raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːp/, [ˈreə̯p]
• Rhymes: -eːp

Noun

rep n

1. rope

Declension

See also

• lina
• snöre
• tråd
• tåg

Further reading

• rep in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Per, per

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English reply.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɹɛp̚˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɹɛp̚˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɛp̚˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: Rep

Verb

rep

1. (neologism, slang) to reply someone on social media