Jap
See also: Appendix:Variations of "jap"
English
editEtymology
editClipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878.[1] Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /d͡ʒæp/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æp
Proper noun
editJap
- (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) The Japanese language.
- 2007, Les A. Murray, Fredy Neptune, page 239:
- He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds?
- 2012, Robert Conroy, Rising Sun:
- He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen.
“You speak Jap?” asked Cullen.
“Looks like it, doesn't it?”
- (informal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia) Clipping of Japanese. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Noun
editJap (plural Japs)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, US) A Japanese person.
- 1872, James Brooks, A Seven Months' Run, Up, Down, Around the World[1]:
- Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never.
- (historical, US) An Imperial Japanese Army soldier.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editoffensive term for a Japanese person
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Adjective
editJap (not comparable)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.
- 1951, James Albert Michener, The Voice of Asia, page 6:
- A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.
Verb
editJap (third-person singular simple present Japs, present participle Japping, simple past and past participle Japped)
- Alternative letter-case form of jap.
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Jap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editDutch
editAlternative forms
edit- jap (official)
Etymology
editClipping of Japanner, Japans, etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editJap m (plural Jappen)
Usage notes
edit- Though the officially prescribed spelling is jap, the term is often written with a capital by analogy with demonyms.
- Generally considered offensive. In polite language it is only used in historical derived terms like jappenkamp.
Derived terms
editIndonesian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hokkien 葉 / 叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 / 叶 (Ya̍p). Doublet of Yip.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjap/ [ˈjap̚]
- Rhymes: -ap
Proper noun
editJap
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- English clippings
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æp
- Rhymes:English/æp/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English offensive terms
- English slang
- English ethnic slurs
- English terms with quotations
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- Hong Kong English
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- American English
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- en:Japan
- Dutch clippings
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑp
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑp/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch derogatory terms
- Dutch ethnic slurs
- Dutch offensive terms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hakka
- Indonesian terms derived from Hakka
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian 1-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ap
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ap/1 syllable
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- Indonesian surnames
- Indonesian surnames from Hokkien
- Indonesian surnames from Hakka