ope
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
ope (plural opes)
Etymology 2 edit
Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA(key): /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.
Pronunciation edit
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Interjection edit
ope
- (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops
- Ope! Sorry about that.
Usage notes edit
Specific to the Midwestern United States but used elsewhere in American English.[1]
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.
Adjective edit
ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)
- (now dialectal or poetic) Open. [from 13th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […] .
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act 5, scene 5, verses 191-192:
- We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
I will to bed! — To-morrow —
- [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple: Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, […], 1885, →OCLC:
- On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.
Verb edit
ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.
- 1842, Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin:
- There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!
References edit
- ^ Lisa Gutierrez (November 21, 2017), “Ope! Are Midwestern people really the only ones who use that word?”, in Kansas City Star[1]
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From ot- (combining form of ogi (“bread”)) + mehe (“thin”), itself from Proto-Basque *bene.
Noun edit
ope inan
- (rare) flatbread
- 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons], Tolosa, published 1850, page 381:
- Beguiratu zuan Profetac, cer ote zan Aingueruac ecarri ciona, eta ecusi cituan supeco opea bat, eta ura. [Original spelling]
Begiratu zuen profetak, zer ote zan aingeruak ekarri ziona, eta ekusi zituan supeko opea bat, eta ura. [Modernized spelling]- The prophet looked, wondering what the angel had brought to him, he saw a piece of flatbread in the oven and water.
Declension edit
Declension of ope (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ope | opea | opeak |
| ergative | opek | opeak | opeek |
| dative | operi | opeari | opeei |
| genitive | operen | opearen | opeen |
| comitative | operekin | opearekin | opeekin |
| causative | operengatik | opearengatik | opeengatik |
| benefactive | operentzat | opearentzat | opeentzat |
| instrumental | opez | opeaz | opeez |
| inessive | opetan | opean | opeetan |
| locative | opetako | opeko | opeetako |
| allative | opetara | opera | opeetara |
| terminative | opetaraino | operaino | opeetaraino |
| directive | opetarantz | operantz | opeetarantz |
| destinative | opetarako | operako | opeetarako |
| ablative | opetatik | opetik | opeetatik |
| partitive | operik | — | — |
| prolative | opetzat | — | — |
Etymology 2 edit
Probably borrowed from Latin opem (“wealth, assistance”).
Noun edit
ope inan
- (obsolete) April
- 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)[2], Bilbao: Euskaltzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 313:
- Opeco erlea eneçat, Mayacecoa anajeençat. [Original spelling]
Opeko erlea enetzat, maiatzekoa anajeentzat. [Modernized spelling]- The bees of April [are] for me, those of May [are] for my brother.
Derived terms edit
- opeil (“April”)
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ope (colloquial)
Declension edit
| Inflection of ope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ope | opet | ||
| genitive | open | opejen | ||
| partitive | opea | opeja | ||
| illative | opeen | opeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | ope | opet | ||
| accusative | nom. | ope | opet | |
| gen. | open | |||
| genitive | open | opejen opeinrare | ||
| partitive | opea | opeja | ||
| inessive | opessa | opeissa | ||
| elative | opesta | opeista | ||
| illative | opeen | opeihin | ||
| adessive | opella | opeilla | ||
| ablative | opelta | opeilta | ||
| allative | opelle | opeille | ||
| essive | opena | opeina | ||
| translative | opeksi | opeiksi | ||
| abessive | opetta | opeitta | ||
| instructive | — | opein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading edit
- “ope”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Latin edit
Noun edit
ope
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
ope
Unami edit
Verb edit
ope inan (plural òpeyo)
- third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project