nap

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sieste

somme

sommeil

😴

petit somme

lainer

roupillon

😴

sommeiller

repos

faire une sieste

sommme

poil

duvet

faire un somme

hourder

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Nickerchen

siesta

pisolino

Schläfchen

sesta

sonnellino

dutten

sluimeren

υπνάκος

druilen

Noppe

soneca

dormitina

Siesta

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nap/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: nappen

Hérité de ancien anglais: hnappian

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: hnaffezan

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: nafzen

Appartenant à allemand: -

Hérité de moyen anglais: noppe

Hérité de moyen anglais: nap

Hérité de ancien anglais: hnæpp

Appartenant à néerlandais: nap

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Napp

Appartenant à allemand: Napf

Appartenant à islandais: 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”)).