happer

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
2. (figuratively, transitive) to grab, to seize
3. (colloquial, transitive) to strike forcefully
4. (colloquial, transitive) to catch off guard; take by surprise

Synonymes

saisir

empoigner

attraper

🪤

rafler

Traductions

grab

snatch

kapmak

seize

afferrare

yapışmak

grab suddenly

risucchiare

snap

snap up

yakalamak

agafa

recassa

arrebatar

comprar rapidamente

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.pe/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen français: happer

Hérité de ancien français: happer

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: happen

Appartenant à néerlandais: happen

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: haperen

Appartenant à néerlandais: haperen

Appartenant à allemand: Happen

In summary

Inherited from Middle French happer, haper, from Old French happer, haper (“to seize, snap up”), of obscure origin. Possibly onomatopoeic. Alternatively, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-West Germanic *happā (“hook, clasp”), or related to Middle Dutch happen (“to snap, bite”) (whence modern Dutch happen), Middle Dutch haperen (“to stammer, quarrel”) (whence modern Dutch haperen), German Low German happen (“to snatch something up, grab”), German Happen (“morsel, snack”).