Jap

Meaning

Name

1. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) The Japanese language.
2. (Australia, Hong-Kong, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of Japanese.

Noun

1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slur) A Japanese person.
2. (US, derogatory, historical) An Imperial Japanese Army soldier.

Adj

Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.

Verb

Alternative letter-case form of jap.

Synonyms

Nip

Japanese

🇯🇵

japanese

Japanese person

Nipponese

Japonica

Japonian

Translations

Jap

Jap

japo

Jaune

Japse

ιάπωνες

ιαπωνικός

nippon

giapponese

🇯🇵

nipponico

🇯🇵

Iaponicus

Japans

🇯🇵

Japanse

japonés

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒæp/

Etymology

Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese).