toples

Indonesian

Etymology

Hypercorrection of setoples as se- +‎ toples.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔp̚ləs]
• Hyphenation: top‧lês

Noun

toples (first-person possessive toplesku, second-person possessive toplesmu, third-person possessive toplesnya)

1. Alternative form of stoples (“(bell) jar”).

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English topless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔp.lɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɔplɛs
• Syllabification: top‧les
• Homophone: topless

Adjective

toples (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. Alternative spelling of topless

Adverb

toples (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of topless

Noun

toples m inan (indeclinable) or toples m inan

1. Alternative spelling of topless

Declension

Declension of toples

	singular	plural
nominative	toples	toplesy
genitive	toplesu	toplesów
dative	toplesowi	toplesom
accusative	toples	toplesy
instrumental	toplesem	toplesami
locative	toplesie	toplesach
vocative	toplesie	toplesy

Further reading

• toples in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English topless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoples/ [ˈt̪o.ples]
• Rhymes: -oples
• Syllabification: to‧ples

Adjective

toples (invariable)

1. topless (exposing one's bare chest)
   • 2013 August 16, Laura Campmany, “¿Si hay playas nudistas, por qué no hay playas para toples?”, in El Periodico‎^[1]:

     Nosotros no tenemos la costumbre de hacer toples ni nos gusta tomar el sol rodeados de gente que lo practique, y cada año nos cuesta más encontrar un sitio de nuestro agrado.

     We don't customarily go topless nor do we like sunbathing surronded by people who do practise it, and every year we find it more difficult to find a place to our liking.

   • 2012 September 17, “La ‘reina’ Kate, desnuda también en Italia”, in El Pais‎^[2]:

     "Se ha cruzado la línea roja", advirtieron los portavoces de la casa real británica al ver las primeras imágenes en toples de Catalina.

     "A red line has been crossed", warned the spokespersons of the royal household upon seeing the first topless images of Princess Kate.

   • 2007, Luis Artigue, Las perlas del loco, page 62:

     Respiró con ansia al salir y nadó hacia la orilla, se puso en pie y entonces acertó a ver que se encontraba en una playa del Caribe llena de mulatas en toples.

     He breathed anxiously when he left and swam towards the shore, got to his feet and then happened to see that he found himself on a beach in the Caribbean full of topless mulatto women.

Further reading

• “toples”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014