dupe
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /djuːp/, (with yod coalescence) IPA(key): /dʒuːp/
- (US) IPA(key): /duːp/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -uːp
- Hyphenation: dupe
Etymology 1 edit
From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.
Noun edit
dupe (plural dupes)
- A person who has been deceived.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dupe
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 55, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.
- 1991 August 31, Sonia de Vries, “The Real Enemies Of Humanity Are Here At Home”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 4:
- I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote for GCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commie dupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
deceived person
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Verb edit
dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)
Translations edit
to swindle, deceive, or trick
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dupe (plural dupes)
- (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
- (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
- (informal) A duplicate.
- (informal, TikTok) A counterfeit; a fake.
- 2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, in CNBC[1]:
- TikTok could potentially be liable if lots of users are directing other users to the sales of dupes, she said, and she said if users have an affiliate relationship with the sellers of counterfeit goods, they could also potentially be liable.
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)
- (transitive) To duplicate.
- Synonyms: double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate
- Antonyms: dedupe, halve
- Can you dupe this photo for me?
- 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 379:
- That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.
Anagrams edit
Bube edit
Noun edit
dupe
Descendants edit
- English: duppy
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dupe, from Middle French [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dupe m (plural dupes)
- victim
- Synonym: slachtoffer
Related terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dupe f (plural dupes)
- a person who has been deceived
- être dupe ― to be taken in, be fooled, be duped
Usage notes edit
- A negative polarity item, very often found in the construction ne pas être dupe.
Verb edit
dupe
- inflection of duper:
Further reading edit
- “dupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dupę.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dȕpe n (Cyrillic spelling ду̏пе, diminutive dupénce)
- (mildly vulgar) ass
- Synonym: gùzica
- Imaš l(ij)epo dupe. ― You have a nice ass.
- (mildly vulgar, derogatory) ass, jerk, dipshit; an annoying, contemptible, obnoxious person
Usage notes edit
May be construed as endearing rather than vulgar when used by a romantic couple.
Declension edit
Declension of dupe
Further reading edit
- “dupe” in Hrvatski jezični portal
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dupe
- (transitive) to throw away
- (transitive) to drop (an anchor)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dupe (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | todupe | modupe | adupe | |
2nd person | nodupe | fodupe | ||
3rd person | inanimate | idupe | dodupe | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nudupe, dupe | fudupe, dupe |
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics