soap
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /soʊp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səʊp/
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Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.
NounEdit
soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)
- (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
- I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
- (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- (countable, informal) A soap opera.
- (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
Alternative formsEdit
- sope (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
- bile soap
- carbolic soap
- Castile soap
- curd soap
- dish soap
- docusoap
- don't drop the soap
- drop the soap
- glass soap
- hand soap
- hard soap
- hospital soap
- Joe Soap
- know from a bar of soap
- laundry soap
- liquid soap
- lithium soap
- mahogany soap
- marine soap
- Marseille soap
- metallic soap
- mountain soap
- Nabulsi soap
- no soap
- resoap
- rock soap
- saddle soap
- saltwater soap
- sandsoap
- shave soap
- shaving soap
- soap acacia
- soap boy
- soap brick
- soap dish
- soap dodger
- soap film
- soap flake
- soap foam
- soap opera
- soap pad
- soap pan
- soap plant
- soap ring
- soap scum
- soap test
- soap-operatic
- soapbark
- soapberry
- soapbox
- soapcurd
- soapery
- soapland
- soaplock
- soapmaker
- soapmaking
- soapman
- soapnut
- soaprock
- soaproot
- soapstar
- soapstock
- soapstone
- soapsuds
- soaptree
- soapweed
- soapwood
- soapworks
- soapwort
- soapy
- sodium soap
- soft soap
- stainless steel soap
- sugar soap
- sulfur soap
- sulphur soap
- supersoap
- Venice soap
- wash one's brain out with soap
- Windsor soap
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: sopo
- Tok Pisin: sop
- → Ajië: yööpö
- → Bemba: isopo
- → Burmese: ဆပ်ပြာ (hcappra)
- → Shan: သပ်ႉပျႃႇ (sâ̰p pjàa)
- → Chichewa: sopo
- → Dutch: soap
- → French: soap
- → German: Soap
- → Irish: sópa
- → Malayalam: സോപ്പ് (sōppŭ)
- → Maori: hopi
- → Marshallese: joob
- → Palauan: sob
- → Pohnpeian: sohpw
- → Tamil: சோப்பு (cōppu)
- → Teribe: söp
- → West Uvean: sop
- → Xârâcùù: söpö
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VerbEdit
soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)
- (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
- Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
- (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
- Those kids soaped my windows!
- (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
- (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.
SynonymsEdit
- (to be discreet about): soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
soap (uncountable)
- (slang) sodium pentothal
- 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years
- 'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.
- 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English soap. Doublet of zeep.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
soap f (plural soaps, diminutive soapje n)
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NounEdit
soap m (plural soaps)