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top definition
Overview
This page has 135 definitions of top with English translations in 19 languages. Top is a noun, verb, an adjective, an adverb, numeral and interjection. Examples of how to use top in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English top definition
Etymology
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin.
Cognate with Scots tap (“top”), North Frisian top, tap, tup (“top”), Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), West Frisian top (“top”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), Low German Topp (“top”), German Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Icelandic toppur (“top”).
The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɒp/, [tʰɒˀp]
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɑp/, [tʰɑˀp]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒp
Noun
top (countable and uncountable, plural tops)
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- Synonyms: peak, summit, overside
- Antonyms: bottom, base, underside
- His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection.
[…] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].
- (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
- We flipped the machine onto its top.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- Antonym: bottom
- I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
- I like this pyjama top.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39:
- Like glauncing light of Phoebus brightest ray;
From top to toe no place appeared bare
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- All the stored vengeances of Heaven fall / On her ungrateful top!
- The near end of somewhere
- The patio is at the top of my garden.
- The shop is at the top of my street.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
- (heading) Someone who is eminent.
- (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
- to be the top of zealots
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
- to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- And wears upon his baby brow the round / And top of sovereignty.
- 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2-1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport:
- After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now top of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
- (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- (gay slang) A man, trans woman, or other person with a penis, who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse with other people with penises.
- 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 336:
- Jean-Alain is a man of great physical strength, and Jesse is sure he is quite a handful for his tops.
- (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE) Oral stimulation of the male member; a blowjob.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
- 2016 November 18, J $tash (lyrics and music), “Guap”, in No More Distractions[2]:
- Running up a check, I'ma drop the top
Baby gimme neck, you know I want some top
You ain't tryna fuck, then baby don't just stop
- 2017, Juice Wrld (lyrics and music), “2017 Freestyle”, in Unreleased Songs[3]:
- I get some top in my coupe […]
Look at yo bitch she gon' choose
She gon' give me top (on my block Avenue)
- 2017, T-Wayne (lyrics and music), “Double Standards” (track 2, 0:42–0:55 from the start), in Forever Rickey:
- I just bought a new Ferrari off the lot,
said she a virgin but she wanna give me top,
she need some money so she call my phone a lot,
I picked it up and then I told that bitch to stop.
- 2017 December 22, “No Hook”, performed by 61 – Cee Drilla x Beans x Nz x Ruger, 0:53–1:00:
- Man chingy chingy on opps,
catch ringy ringy, want lots
And clingy, clingy, got dots
She is a bad b, she gives tops
- 2019 March 19, Nav (lyrics and music), “Price on My Head”, in Bad Habits[4]:
- His bitch gave me some top, and now he wanna send me threats
- 2020 February 21, King Von (lyrics and music), “Took Her to the O”, in Levon James[6]:
- Just got some top from this stripper bitch, she from Kankakee
- 2020 August 7, DON RCS (lyrics and music), “Top Down”[7]:
- She asked to give me some top and I’m down
Head feeling loose ‘cos I’m lit off the brown
- (particle physics) A top quark.
- Hypernym: flavor
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- The top of my own ambition is to contribute to that work.
- June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- She sang at the top of her voice.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
- (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- 2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32:
- Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
- (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- Hee was upon the top of his marriage with Magdalaine.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface[1].
- (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
- 1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
- There was one pair of boots in particular — a jolly, good-tempered, hearty-looking, pair of tops, that excited our warmest regard
- (golf, cue sports, racquet sports) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- (golf, cue sports, racquet sports) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
- 1886, E.T.Sachs, The Boys Own Annual: Lawn-Tennis of the Present[9], volume 9, page 778:
- What is wanted is just the reverse - i.e top or overspin, which causes the ball to revolve in the direction in which it is going.
- (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- 2014, Jamey Glasnovic, Lost and Found: Adrift in the Canadian Rockies, →ISBN, page 144:
- […] but with only three other tables on the patio apart from myself – two three-tops and a five-top – it's hard to imagine what the holdup is.
- Short for topswarm.
- 1866, The Scottish Gardener, page 397:
- My first topswarm came off on the 25th June, and a second top on the day following; both were put into skeps of one size, and appeared to be equal as regards the number of Bees.
Derived terms
- at the top of one's bent
- at the top of one's game
- at the top of one's lungs
- at the top of one's voice
- at the top of the heap
- at the top of the pile
- at the top of the tree
- Bank Top
- big top
- bikini top
- blacktop
- blow one's top
- bottle top
- bunchy top
- camote tops
- carrot top
- cherrytop
- crop top
- curly top
- desktop
- double top
- Dowlais Top
- drop top
- eight-top
- flattop
- four-top
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- gold top
- gold-top milk
- grass top
- grass tops
- green top
- halter top
- high-top
- hilltop
- hi-top
- hot top
- housetop
- humming top
- it's lonely at the top
- kamote tops
- lager top
- laptop
- loop-top
- mountaintop
- muffin top
- off the top of one's head
- old top
- one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
- on top
- on top of
- on top of the world
- open-top
- open-top bus
- out-top
- over the top
- palmtop
- peasant top
- pegtop
- peg-top trousers
- pillowtop
- power top
- pretty please with sugar on top
- race to the top
- red top
- roll-top
- rooftop
- round-top
- run like a top
- screw top
- service top
- set top box
- silver top
- six-top
- sleep like a top
- soft top
- spin-top
- stovetop
- strappy top
- tabletop
- take it from the top
- tank top
- Targa top
- tiptop
- top aerator
- top and but
- top and tail
- top-block
- top-chain
- top-down
- top-drain
- top-dress
- top-flag
- top fruit
- top-hamper
- top-heavy
- top-hole
- top kill
- topless
- top loader
- top minnow
- top of mind
- top of the hour
- top of the line
- top of the morning
- top of the shop
- topping
- top-rope
- top round
- tops-and-bottoms
- top-shaped
- top-slicing
- top surgeon
- top surgery
- top-to-bottom
- top to tail
- top to toe
- to the top of one's bent
- treetop
- T-top
- tube top
- turban-top
- turban-top
- turnip tops
- up top
- view from the top
- wooden-top
Translations
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Verb
top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- Synonyms: beat, better, best, exceed; see also Thesaurus:exceed
- Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, / And my invention thrive, Edmund the base / Shall top th' legitimate. I grow; I prosper
- 2005 August 23, Leslie Feinberg, “Headwaters of first mass political gay movement rise”, in Workers World[10]:
- Within months, sales of ONE magazine were topping 2,000 copies.
- 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
- The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton. [exceeded 100 mph]
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
- 2013 December 26, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
- Liverpool topped the table on Christmas Day and, after Arsenal's win at West Ham earlier on Boxing Day, would have returned to the top had they been the first team to beat City at home this season.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
- Top and tail the carrots.
- 2003, Dan Prendergast, Erin Prendergast, The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance, →ISBN, page 78:
- Topping depletes the tree of stored energy reserves and reduces the tree's ability to produce energy, as a large percentage of the leaves are removed.
- (Britain, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.
- Depression causes many people to top themselves.
- (Britain, slang, rare, chiefly archaic) To murder or execute.
- Synonyms: kill, murder, slaughter, slay; see also Thesaurus:kill
- (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
- Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
- (gay slang, transitive, intransitive) To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- topping passions
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- lofty and topping mountains
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:, Book II, Chapter XXI
- influenced by that topping uneasiness
- (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
- (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
top (not comparable)
- Situated on the top of something.
- (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- She's in the top dance school.
- (informal) Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
- He's a top lawyer.
- That is a top car.
- 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[11]:
- In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
Derived terms
- a few roos loose in the top paddock
- a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
- a roo loose in the top paddock
- top 40
- top-age
- top-aged
- top antiquark
- top-armour
- top banana
- top billing
- top bin
- top bollocks
- top brass
- top cat
- top-class
- top copy
- top dead center
- top deck
- top dog
- top dollar
- top drawer
- top edge
- top-end
- top end of town
- top feed
- top fermentation
- top-fermenting
- top-flight
- top flight
- top forty
- top fuel
- top gear
- top-grade
- top gun
- top hand
- top hat
- top-hatted
- top ho
- top kek
- top-level
- top light
- top line
- top loin
- topmost
- top notch
- top note
- top-of-the-range
- top order
- top pair
- top piece
- top-post
- top-priority
- top priority
- top-quality
- top rake
- top-ranking
- top scorer
- top secret
- top seed
- top sheet
- top shelf
- top-shelf
- top spot
- top ten
- top tier
- top tube
Translations
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Adverb
top (not comparable)
- Rated first.
- She came top in her French exam.
Synonyms
See also
- top-dimensional (contains the word "top", but unrelated to the above etymologies)
- topple
References
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Top”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volume III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Anagrams
Albanian top definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Noun
top m (plural tope, definite topi, definite plural topet)
Inflection
Azerbaijani top definition
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *top.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
Declension
Declension of top | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | top |
toplar | ||||||
definite accusative | topu |
topları | ||||||
dative | topa |
toplara | ||||||
locative | topda |
toplarda | ||||||
ablative | topdan |
toplardan | ||||||
definite genitive | topun |
topların |
Possessive forms of top | ||||||||
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nominative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | topum | toplarım | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topun | topların | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topu | topları | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuz | toplarımız | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuz | toplarınız | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topu or topları | topları | ||||||
accusative | ||||||||
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mənim (“my”) | topumu | toplarımı | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topunu | toplarını | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topunu | toplarını | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuzu | toplarımızı | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuzu | toplarınızı | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topunu or toplarını | toplarını | ||||||
dative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | topuma | toplarıma | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topuna | toplarına | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topuna | toplarına | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuza | toplarımıza | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuza | toplarınıza | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topuna or toplarına | toplarına | ||||||
locative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | topumda | toplarımda | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topunda | toplarında | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topunda | toplarında | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuzda | toplarımızda | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuzda | toplarınızda | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topunda or toplarında | toplarında | ||||||
ablative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | topumdan | toplarımdan | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topundan | toplarından | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topundan | toplarından | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuzdan | toplarımızdan | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuzdan | toplarınızdan | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topundan or toplarından | toplarından | ||||||
genitive | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | topumun | toplarımın | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | topunun | toplarının | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | topunun | toplarının | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | topumuzun | toplarımızın | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | topunuzun | toplarınızın | ||||||
onların (“their”) | topunun or toplarının | toplarının |
Derived terms
See also
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Baure top definition
Noun
top
Crimean Tatar top definition
Noun
top (accusative , plural )
Declension
nominative | top |
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genitive | topnıñ |
dative | topqa |
accusative | topnı |
locative | topta |
ablative | toptan |
Derived terms
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][12], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech top definition
Pronunciation
Verb
top
Danish top definition
Etymology
From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.
Noun
top c (singular definite toppen, plural indefinite toppe)
- summit, peak
- hairpiece
- top (uppermost part, lid, cap, cover, garment worn to cover the torso, child’s spinning toy)
Inflection
Derived terms
Dutch top definition
Etymology
From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
top
- (colloquial) great, very good
Derived terms
Noun
top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)
- top (uppermost part)
- (figurative) apex
- summit, peak (high point of a mountain or object)
- summit, highest-level assembly
- dominant role or partner in BDSM-interaction
- top (piece of women's clothing)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: top
Verb
top
- (denominal) first-person singular present indicative of toppen
Anagrams
French top definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
top m (plural tops)
Adjective
top (feminine toppe, masculine plural tops, feminine plural toppes)
- top; best; highest in rank; maximum
- excellent; brilliant
- (LGBT, slang) top (dominant in role)
- Synonym: actif
Antonyms
Adverb
top
Further reading
- “top”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German top definition
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
top (not comparable)
- (colloquial) top (of the highest quality or rank)
- hopp oder top ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2022 June 8, Niclas Hildebrand, quotee, “Müller/Tillmanns Aufstieg: Bei WM hoch gehandelt”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung[13]:
- “Cinja ist in einer top athletischen Verfassung. Das gilt auch für Svenja”, sagt er.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Interjection
top
- Alternative form of topp
Further reading
Italian top definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
top m (invariable)
- (woman's dressing, garment) top
Karaim top definition
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *top. Cognate to Crimean Tatar top (“group”), Southern Altai топ (top, “round thing”), etc.
Noun
top
References
N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “top”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ, Moskva, →ISBN
Khalaj top definition
Perso-Arabic | توْپ |
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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *top.
Pronunciation
Numeral
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
Declension
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Latvian top definition
Verb
top
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of tapt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of tapt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tapt
Middle English top definition
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English topp, toppa, from Proto-West Germanic *topp.
Pronunciation
Noun
top (plural toppes)
- The summit or top of something, especially a vertical object:
- The peak of a mountain or other landform.
- The roof or ceil of a house; the top of a fence.
- A lid or cap; a removable top or topping.
- The head, especially its top or the hair on its top.
- A small deck at the dop of a ship's sails.
- A cluster or bunch of fibres; a tassel.
- A top or whirligig (spinning toy)
- The start or introduction of something.
- (rare) The tip or end of something; that which something terminates in.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “top, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
- “top, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Mopan Maya top definition
Adverb
top
References
- Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.
Northern Kurdish top definition
Etymology
From Turkish top, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Noun
top f
Old French top definition
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
top m (oblique plural tos, nominative singular tos, nominative plural top)
Descendants
- → Galician: tope
- → Spanish: tope
- → Portuguese: topo
- ⇒ Old French: toupet
- ⇒? Old French: topoie, toupie, tourpe, tourpie
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (top)
- tup on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polish top definition
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English top. Doublet of tupet.
Noun
top m inan
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
top
Further reading
- top in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- top in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese top definition
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English top.
Pronunciation
Adjective
top (invariable)
- (colloquial) cool, awesome
- (colloquial) top, excellent, high-quality
- Synonym: top de linha
Derived terms
Noun
top m (plural tops)
- top (garment worn to cover the torso)
Romanian top definition
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
top n (plural topuri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) top | topul | (niște) topuri | topurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) top | topului | (unor) topuri | topurilor |
vocative | topule | topurilor |
Etymology 2
Noun
top n (plural topuri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) top | topul | (niște) topuri | topurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) top | topului | (unor) topuri | topurilor |
vocative | topule | topurilor |
Serbo-Croatian top definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Pronunciation
Noun
tȍp m (Cyrillic spelling то̏п)
Declension
See also
Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text) | |||||
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kralj краљ |
dama, kraljica дама, краљица |
top, kula топ, кула |
lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер |
skakač, konj скакач, коњ |
pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун |
Slovene top definition
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tȍp (comparative bȍlj tȍp, superlative nȁjbolj tȍp)
Inflection
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | tòp | tôpa | tôpo |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tòp ind tôpi def |
tôpa | tôpo |
genitive | tôpega | tôpe | tôpega |
dative | tôpemu | tôpi | tôpemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
tôpo | tôpo |
locative | tôpem | tôpi | tôpem |
instrumental | tôpim | tôpo | tôpim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tôpa | tôpi | tôpi |
genitive | tôpih | tôpih | tôpih |
dative | tôpima | tôpima | tôpima |
accusative | tôpa | tôpi | tôpi |
locative | tôpih | tôpih | tôpih |
instrumental | tôpima | tôpima | tôpima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tôpi | tôpe | tôpa |
genitive | tôpih | tôpih | tôpih |
dative | tôpim | tôpim | tôpim |
accusative | tôpe | tôpe | tôpa |
locative | tôpih | tôpih | tôpih |
instrumental | tôpimi | tôpimi | tôpimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Pronunciation
Noun
tȍp m inan
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv- | |||
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nom. sing. | tòp | ||
gen. sing. | tôpa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
tòp | topôva | topôvi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
tôpa | topôv | topôv |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
tôpu | topôvoma | topôvom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
tòp | topôva | topôve |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
tôpu | topôvih | topôvih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
tôpom | topôvoma | topôvi |
Further reading
- “top”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish top definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
top m (plural tops)
Derived terms
Adjective
top m or f (masculine and feminine plural tops)
- (proscribed) top (situated on the top of something)
- Synonym: mejor
- (proscribed) top (best; of the highest quality or rank)
- (proscribed) top (very good, of high quality)
References
- “top” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
Further reading
- “top”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tocharian A top definition
Etymology
Compare Tocharian B taupe.
Noun
top
- mine (place where ore is extracted)
Turkish top definition
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top), from Proto-Turkic *top (“round thing”).
Noun
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
- ball
- cannon
- (slang, derogatory) gay
Declension
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Nominative | top | toplar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms
Volapük top definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
Noun
top (nominative plural tops)