nap

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
2. (figuratively) To be off one's guard.

Noun

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
2. (countable, uncountable) The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.

Noun

1. (British, countable, uncountable) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
2. (uncountable) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
3. (countable, uncountable) A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

Noun

A cup, bowl.

Sinonieme

doze

snooze

siesta

sleep

😴

short sleep

pile

light sleep

catnap

slumber

drowse

doze off

sleep lightly

kip

fluff

forty winks

Napoleon

zizz

down

fur

fuzz

hair

have a nap

rest

catch a wink

cat sleep

be drowsy

have a wink

shuteye

nab

sleepiness

grain

floss

steal

take a nap

velour

villus

wool

cat nap

draught

drowse off

flake out

fibers

nod off

feathers

catch some z’s

stopping at an inn

nod

plumage

drop off

roughen

Vertalings

Nickerchen

sieste

siesta

Schläfchen

pisolino

sesta

sluimeren

sonnellino

dutten

υπνάκος

soneca

druilen

Noppe

somme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nap/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: nappen

Geërf van Old English: hnappian

Verwante met Old High German: hnaffezan

Verwante met Middle High German: nafzen

Verwante met Duits: -

Geërf van Middle English: noppe

Geërf van Middle English: nap

Geërf van Old English: hnæpp

Verwante met Nederlands: nap

Verwante met Nederduits: Napp

Verwante met Duits: Napf

Verwante met Yslands: hnappur

In summary

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).