nap
Betekenis (English)
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A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
Concepts
Synonyms
short sleep
light sleep
sleep lightly
have a nap
catch a wink
cat sleep
be drowsy
have a wink
drowse off
catch some z’s
stopping at an inn
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/nap/
Etymology (English)
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”)).
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