mops

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mops"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒps

Etymology 1

Verb

mops

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mop

Noun

mops

1. plural of mop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mops (“pug”), from Dutch mops.

Noun

mops (plural mopses)

1. A pug dog.

Alternative forms

• mopse (archaic)

Anagrams

• MSPO, PMOs, POMs, Poms, SMOP, pMOS, poms

Czech

Etymology

German Mops, from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmops]

Noun

mops m anim

1. pug (dog)

   Synonym: mopsl

Declension

Declension of mops (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mops	mopsi, mopsové
genitive	mopsa	mopsů
dative	mopsovi, mopsu	mopsům
accusative	mopsa	mopsy
vocative	mopse	mopsi, mopsové
locative	mopsovi, mopsu	mopsech
instrumental	mopsem	mopsy

Further reading

• “mops”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mops”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From mop +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔps/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mops

Noun

mops m (plural mopsen, diminutive mopsje n)

1. pug, small dog with a snub snout

Derived terms

• mopshond
• mopsvleermuis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mops
• → German: Mops
  • → Czech: mops
  • → English: mops
  • → Polish: mops

Faroese

Noun

mops m

1. pug (breed of dog)

Declension

Declension of mops

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mops	mopsurin	mopsar	mopsarnir
accusative	mops	mopsin	mopsar	mopsarnar
dative	mopsi	mopsinum	mopsum	mopsunum
genitive	mops	mopsins	mopsa	mopsanna

French

Noun

mops

1. plural of mop

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔps/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

mops

1. singular imperative of mopsen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of mopsen

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mops

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mops, from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔps/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔps
• Syllabification: mops
• Homophone: MOPS

Noun

mops m animal (female equivalent mopsica, diminutive mopsik)

1. pug (dog breed)
2. mastiff bat

Declension

Declension of mops

	singular	plural
nominative	mops	mopsy
genitive	mopsa	mopsów
dative	mopsowi	mopsom
accusative	mopsa	mopsy
instrumental	mopsem	mopsami
locative	mopsie	mopsach
vocative	mopsie	mopsy

Derived terms

adjectives

• mopsi
• mopsowaty

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mops.

Noun

mops n (plural mopși)

1. pug (dog)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mops	mopsul		mopși	mopșile
genitive-dative	mops	mopsului		mopși	mopșilor
vocative	mopsule			mopșilor

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Dutch mops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔps]

Noun

mops m animal

1. pug (a dog breed)

Declension

Declension of mops
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	mops	mopsy
genitive	mopsa	mopsov
dative	mopsovi	mopsom
accusative	mopsa	mopsy
locative	mopsovi	mopsoch
instrumental	mopsom	mopsmi, mopsami

Related terms

• mopslík

Further reading

• “mops”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

mops

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Low German or Dutch mops, used in Swedish since 1733.

Noun

mops c

1. pug

Declension

Declension of mops

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mops	mops
	definite	mopsen	mopsens
plural	indefinite	mopsar	mopsars
	definite	mopsarna	mopsarnas

Related terms

• mopsa
• mopsig
• mopsighet

References

• mops in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mops in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mops in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)