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klop

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See also: kløp

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

klop

  1. genitive plural of klopa

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: klop
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clop. Equivalent to a deverbal from kloppen.

Noun

klop m (plural kloppen, diminutive klopje n)

  1. a knock, an audible blow
  2. a punch, a blow
    Synonyms: klap, slag
  3. a defeat or punishment, especially a heavy defeat
  4. a physical fight, a brawl
Derived terms
  • schouderklop

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of klopzuster. In reference to a religious metaphor of Christ knocking (kloppen) at the door of a laywoman's heart.

Noun

klop f (plural kloppen, diminutive klopje n)

  1. (historical, chiefly Netherlands) an unmarried woman who has dedicated her life to service to the Roman Catholic Church without entering a monastery, now especially denoting a laywoman in the Netherlands before the Roman Catholic emancipation [from early 16th c. or earlier]
    Synonyms: klopzuster, kwezel
Derived terms
  • kloppenboek
  • kloppenwezen
  • paterklop
  • wereldklop

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klop

  1. inflection of kloppen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch klop (to be correct, to be true, to fit).

Pronunciation

Adjective

klop

  1. (colloquial) fit
    Synonym: cocok

Derived terms

  • mengeklopkan

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from klozet or kloaka.

Pronunciation

Noun

klop m inan

  1. (slang) crapper (lavatory)
    Synonyms: kibel, klozet, sracz, toaleta, ubikacja, WC
  2. (slang) crapper (flush toilet)
    Synonyms: kibel, klozet, sedes

Declension

Further reading

  • klop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • klop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klǫpъ, whence also Serbo-Croatian клу́па/klúpa (bench). Akin to Old Prussian klūmpis (chair).

Pronunciation

Noun

klọ̑p f

  1. bench
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent, nom. sing. ...

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klоръ.

Cognate with Russian клоп (klop, bedbug). Cf. Latin culex (gnat).

Pronunciation

Noun

klȍp m anim

  1. tick (arachnid)
    Synonym: klòšč
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Masculine anim., hard o-stem, nom. sing. ...

Further reading

  • klop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • klop”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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Volapük

Noun

klop (nominative plural klops)

  1. harvest

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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