op

See also: -öp, Op, OP, óp, ộp, op., Op., and ор

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒp/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

Noun

op (plural ops)

1. (informal) Clipping of operation.

   My mother's going in for her knee op today.

2. (informal) Clipping of operator.
   • 2015 September 14, Doug Matthews, Special Event Production: The Resources, Routledge, →ISBN, page 159:

     Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differently. A good eye and an ability to concentrate and quickly follow directions are necessary for this position.

   • 2017 November 21, Kristina Sexton, Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam. When doing so, camera ops usually have virtually no peripheral vision, and their spatial awareness may be impaired by the giant, heavy camera attached to [them].

   1. (informal) An amateur radio operator.
   2. (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
3. (Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion.

   Ops on my new drawing?

4. (chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art.

   an op painting; op artworks

Derived terms

• black op
• exaop
• gigaop
• grow op
• half-op
• non-op
• no-op
• opcode
• petaop
• post-op
• pre-op
• siteop
• teraop

 

Related terms

• coin-op
• co-op
• op-amp

 

Verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

1. (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

   Antonym: deop

   • 1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet):

     True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.

Derived terms

• reop

Etymology 2

Noun

op (plural ops)

1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Adjective

op (comparative more op, superlative most op)

1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Etymology 3

Noun

op (plural ops)

1. (slang, among criminal gangs) Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).

Etymology 4

From op shop.

Verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

1. (Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
2. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.

See also

• Op art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• photo op

Etymology 5

op

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of opportunity and related forms of that word (opportune, opportunely, opportunism, opportunist, etc.)

Derived terms

• job op

See also

• op-ed

Anagrams

• P.O., PO, Po, Pô, po, po'

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch op.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

op

1. on
2. up; upward

Preposition

op

1. on; upon
2. in; at

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Preposition

op (+ dative or accusative)

1. (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) on; upon

Derived terms

• drop
• erop
• om (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

Danish

Preposition

op

1. up

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

op

1. up

   De bal stuiterde op en neer.

   The ball bounced up and down.

2. (postpositional) onto, up onto

   De kat klom gisteren het dak op.

   The cat climbed onto the roof yesterday.

3. Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.

Antonyms

• neer
• onder

Derived terms

adverbs

• opeens

adjectives

• rechtop

nouns

• opgang
• opkomst
• opheldering

verbs

• op- -en
• opbergen
• opbikken
• opblazen
• opbloeien
• opbonjouren
• opbranden
• opbrengen
• opdelen
• opdoen
• opdokken
• opdringen
• opeten
• opfikken
• opfluffen
• opgaan
• opgeven
• ophalen
• ophoesten
• ophopen
• opjuinen
• opkalken
• opklossen
• opknappen
• opkramen
• opkrassen
• opkrikken
• opladen
• opleggen
• opletten
• oplieren
• oplossen
• opluxen
• opmerken
• oppakken
• oppiepen
• oppijpen
• oppikken
• opplussen
• oppoetsen
• oprichten
• oprijzen
• oproepen
• oprollen
• opruimen
• oprukken
• opschalen
• opsluiten
• opsmikkelen
• opsnijden
• opsnorren
• opstappen
• opstijgen
• optateren
• optellen
• optreden
• opvangen
• opvissen
• opvoeden
• opvolgen
• opvreten
• opvullen
• opwaarderen
• opzetten

Preposition

op

1. on, upon

   De melk staat op de tafel.

   The milk is on the table.

2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.

   Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.

   Next to [the fact] that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.

   Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.

   With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of op

preposition	op
postpositional adv.	op
+ het (it)	erop
+ dit (this)	hierop
+ dat (that)	daarop
+ wat (what)	waarop
+ iets (something)	ergens op
+ niets (nothing)	nergens op
+ alles (everything)	overal op

Derived terms

• Bergen op Zoom
• op de been
• op de bonnefooi
• op den duur
• op een haar na
• op het eerste gezicht
• op hol
• op staande voet
• op volgorde
• op voorhand
• op zich
• op zijn elfendertigst

Descendants

• Javindo: op, hop
  • Petjo: op
    • ⇒ Indonesian: op
• Jersey Dutch: op
• Negerhollands: op, hoppo
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: hopo
• → Papiamentu: òp
• → Sranan Tongo: opo
  • → Saramaccan: hópo, ópo

Adjective

op (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. up, awake, out of bed

   Jij bent vroeg op vandaag.

   You're up early today.

   Ik moet morgen vroeg op.

   I need to be/get up early tomorrow.

2. up, all gone, no more, finished

   Je tijd is op!

   Your time's up!

   Het brood is op.

   There's no more bread left.

Derived terms

• op is op
• opperdepop

 

Anagrams

• po

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːʰp]

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)

1. opening, orifice

Declension

Declension of op
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	op	opið	op	opini
accusative	op	opið	op	opini
dative	opi	opinum	opum	opunum
genitive	ops	opsins	opa	opanna

Derived terms

• blaðop (stoma)
• sjónop (pupil)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse op (“opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/, [ɔːp]
• Rhymes: -ɔːp

Noun

op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)

1. an opening, an orifice, a hole

Declension

declension of op

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	op	opið	op	opin
accusative	op	opið	op	opin
dative	opi	opinu	opum	opunum
genitive	ops	opsins	opa	opanna

Derived terms

• fínstillt op (a calibrated orifice)
• gosop (a volcanic orifice, an eruption vent)
• inntaksop (an inlet orifice)
• líkamsop (a body orifice)
• markstreymisop (a critical flow orifice)
• rennslisop (in cars; an orifice)
• tvö op (a twin-orifice)

Related terms

• munni
• rauf

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• hop (Java)

Etymology

From Javindo op or hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold; stop”). Doublet of stop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔp̚]
• Hyphenation: op

Verb

op

1. (colloquial) to stop

   Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek

Iwam

Noun

op

1. water

Synonyms

• ok

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Adverb

op

1. up

   git op, wiek op, uopm op, bon op

   get up, wake up, open up, burn up

See also

• big op

Further reading

• op at majstro.com

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Adverb

op

1. open

   D'Dier ass op.

   The door is open.

Preposition

op

1. on, upon

   Ech sëtzen op enger Bänk.

   I'm sitting on a bench.

2. at, to (an institution or workplace)

   Du bass nach op der Schoul.

   You are still at school.

3. (time) past

   e Véierel op néng

   quarter past nine

4. in (a language)

   Wéi seet een dat op Lëtzebuergesch?

   How do you say that in Luxembourgish?

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Preposition

op [+accusative or dative]

1. on, on top of
2. at, in the direction of
3. at, by

Alternative forms

• up

Descendants

• Dutch: op
• Limburgish: óp

Adverb

op

1. up, upwards
2. up, upright
3. open

Alternative forms

• up

Descendants

• Dutch: op
• Limburgish: óp

Further reading

• “op (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “op (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “op”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

op

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of opp

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōpą, *wōpaz.

Noun

op n

1. a scream, a shout, a cry

Declension

  Declension of op (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ōp	ōpit	ōp	ōpin
accusative	ōp	ōpit	ōp	ōpin
dative	ōpi, ōpe	ōpinu, ōpeno	ōpum, ōpom	ōpumin, ōpomen
genitive	ōps	ōpsins	ōpa	ōpanna

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin opus. Compare Italian uopo, Old Spanish uebos, Catalan ops. Doublet of opus, a borrowing, as well as the modern sense of op, below.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

1. (archaic) need, necessity

   Synonyms: nevoie, necesitate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.

Noun

op n (plural opuri)

1. work (usually artistic or literary), writing

   Synonyms: operă, lucrare, scriere

Declension

Declension of op

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) op	opul	(niște) opuri	opurile
genitive/dative	(unui) op	opului	(unor) opuri	opurilor
vocative	opule		opurilor

See also

• opus
• operă

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

op ?

1. fat, lard, or similar foodstuff

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “op”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 122

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English open (see ope).

Verb

op

1. open
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:

     Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

     →New International Version translation

Adjective

op

1. open

Related terms

• opim

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian uppa, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op/

Adverb

op

1. up
2. onto

Derived terms

• opromje

Further reading

• “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Preposition

op

1. on, on top of
2. at, in the vicinity of

   De Westermar sil opnij opboud wurde op deselde lokaasje

   The Westermar will be built again at the same location.

Further reading

• “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /op˧˥/

Noun

óp

1. chest

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41