drap

See also: drop, Drap, dràp, dráp, dräp, dråp, and драп

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

French drapbor.

English drap

Borrowed from French drap.

Noun

drap (plural draps)

1. (archaic) Cloth.

Related terms

• drap de Berry
• drap d'été

Etymology 2

See drop.

Verb

drap (third-person singular simple present draps, present participle drapping, simple past and past participle drapped)

1. (Scotland) To drop.

Noun

drap (plural draps)

1. Pronunciation spelling of drop.
   • 1921, Robert W. Service, “The Twa Jocks”, in Ballads of a Bohemian‎^[1]:

     We've got tae get back wi' her, Hecky. Whit mercy we didna get fou!
     We'll no touch a drap o' that likker—
     that's hard, man, ye canna deny. . . .

Anagrams

• prad, PARD, adRP, pard

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin drappus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdɾap]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

drap m (plural draps)

1. cloth; rag

Derived terms

• drapaire
• endrapar

Further reading

• “drap”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin drappus, drappum (“cloth”); compare Italian drappo, French drap.

Noun

drap m

1. drape, cloth
2. linen
3. underwear

Adjective

drap

1. having the color of sand
2. having the color of human skin

French

Etymology

From Late Latin drappum (“cloth”), first recorded in Frankish ordinances (The Capitularies of Charles the Great). More at drape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁa/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

drap m (plural draps)

1. sheet, duvet

Related terms

• drapement
• draper
• draperie
• drapier
• être dans de beaux draps
• être dans de sales draps

Descendants

• → Chadian Arabic: لدرى (ladra)
• → English: drap
• Haitian Creole: dra
• → Russian: драп (drap)

Further reading

• “drap”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• drapaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drap/

Verb

drap

1. second-person singular imperative of drapaś

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French drap.

Noun

drap m (plural draps)

1. cloth (textile)

Descendants

• French: drap (see there for further descendants)
• →? English: drab

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dráp.

Noun

drap n (definite singular drapet, indefinite plural drap, definite plural drapa or drapene)

1. homicide, killing, murder

Derived terms

• drapsmann
• uaktsomt drap

Etymology 2

Noun

drap m

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of drepe

References

• “drap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dráp.

Alternative forms

• dråp (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

drap n (definite singular drapet, indefinite plural drap, definite plural drapa)

1. homicide

Derived terms

• drapsmann

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drap

1. past of drepa

References

• “drap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• drape, drappe

Etymology

From Late Latin drappus, of Germanic origin.

Noun

drap oblique singular, m (oblique plural dras, nominative singular dras, nominative plural drap)

1. sheet or covering
2. clothing

Descendants

• Middle French: drap
  • French: drap (see there for further descendants)
  • →? English: drab
• Picard: drâp (Athois)
• Walloon: drap (Liégeois)
• → Middle English: drape
  • English: drape
  • Scots: drape

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: drap
• Homophone: drab

Verb

drap

1. second-person singular imperative of drapać