daps

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) A sacrificial or solemn feast, religious banquet.
2. (declension-3, feminine) A meal, banquet, feast.
3. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine) Fortune, wealth.

Concepts

banquet

feast

junket

meal

Synonyms

epulum

cibus

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Translations

أكْلة

menjar

banquet

tiberi

Bankett

Festessen

Festmahl

Mahl

Mahlzeit

Festbankett

’ɣefma

faɣi’to

fa’i

banquet

وجْبة

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈdaps]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *daps, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂ps (“portion, sacrificial meal”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “expenditure”), δάπτω (dáptō, “I devour”), Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrifice”). Akin to damnum (“loss, expense”).