lap
English
/læp/
noun
Definitions
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
- (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
- The upper legs of a seated person.
- (archaic) The female pudenda.
- (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lappe inherited from Old English læppa (skirt, flap of a garment, lobe, piece, lappet, a loose hanging piece, portion, section, skirt flap of a garment, skirt of a garment, district) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lappô (cloth, rag) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (hang loosely, droop, blade, sag, hang down, slip, lip, be weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leb-
Gloss
hang loosely, droop, blade, sag, hang down, slip, lip, be weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belap English
- board English
- burel English
- burlap English
- cat English
- catlap English
- co-develop English
- codevelop English
- cuntlapper English
- develop English
- developability English
- developable English
- developer English
- development English
- dewlap English
- ear English
- earlap English
- gap-lapper English
- head English
- headlap English
- held English
- hotlapping English
- joint English
- lap joint English
- lapboard English
- lapel English
- lapeled English
- lapelled English
- lapelless English
- lapful English
- lapheld English
- laplike English
- lapling English
- lapmark English
- lapper English
- lappet English
- lapping English
- laprobe English
- lapstone English
- lapstrake English
- lapward English
- lapwork English
- mark English
- misdevelop English
- nonoverlap English
- on English
- onlap English
- overdevelop English
- overlap English
- overlappable English
- overlapper English
- predevelop English
- redevelop English
- robe English
- self-lapping English
- ship English
- shiplap English
- stone English
- strake English
- umbelap English
- underdevelop English
- underlap English
- unlap English
- work English
- labarum Latin
- labialis Latin
- labium Latin
- labiālis Latin
- labo Latin
- labrum Latin
- lappa Latin
- lābrum Latin
- Eierlöffel German
- Esslöffel German
- Frontallappen German
- Fußlappen German
- Gemüselöffel German
- Grapefruitlöffel German
- Holzlöffel German
- Jammerlappen German
- Kaffeelöffel German
- Kaviarlöffel German
- Kochlöffel German
- Kuchenlöffel German
- Küchenlöffel German
- Lappen German
- Lappenente German
- Läppchen German
- Läpplein German
- Löffel German
- Löffelchen German
- Löffelente German
- Löffellein German
- Löffelliste German
- Löffler German
- Metalllöffel German
- Obstlöffel German
- Plastelöffel German
- Plastiklöffel German
- Plastlöffel German
- Putzlappen German
- Salatlöffel German
- Salzlöffel German
- Schuhlöffel German
- Schöpflöffel German
- Senflöffel German
- Silberlöffel German
- Spüllappen German
- Staublappen German
- Suppenlöffel German
- Teelöffel German
- Teiglöffel German
- Topflappen German
- Waschlappen German
- Zuckerlöffel German
- löffelrein German
- löffelweise German
- mehrlappig German
- bilabiale Italian
- labializzarsi Italian
- labiodentale Italian
- baklap Dutch, Flemish
- lap Dutch, Flemish
- lappen Dutch, Flemish
- lappendeken Dutch, Flemish
- lappenpop Dutch, Flemish
- lapzalven Dutch, Flemish
- ooglap Dutch, Flemish
- overlappen Dutch, Flemish
- pannenlap Dutch, Flemish
- schaamlap Dutch, Flemish
- smeerlap Dutch, Flemish
- zatlap Dutch, Flemish
- zuiplap Dutch, Flemish
- développer French
- enveloppement French
- envelopper French
- серту́к Russian
- *leb- Proto-Indo-European
- overlappe Norwegian Bokmål
- *laba- Proto-Germanic
- *labēn- Proto-Germanic
- *lapilaz Proto-Germanic
- *lappa- Proto-Germanic
- *lappjaz Proto-Germanic
- *lappô Proto-Germanic
- *lappǭ Proto-Germanic
- *lepô Proto-Germanic
- *lipjô Proto-Germanic
- ラペル Japanese
- overlappe Norwegian Nynorsk
- earlæppa Old English
- læppa Old English
- bilappen Middle English
- burel, borel Middle English
- lappe Middle English
- lappinge Middle English
- umbelappen Middle English
- leppr Old Norse
- voluper Old French
- Leppalúði Icelandic
- leppur Icelandic
- lapa Galician
- لب Persian
- waslap Indonesian
- lap Middle Dutch
- laffan Old High German
- developar Ido
- lap Afrikaans
- lèvre Norman
- leffel Middle High German
- enveloper Middle French
- серда́к Ukrainian
- *lap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- laffe Alemannic German
- *lappā Frankish
- lew Zazaki
- 𒇷𒅁𒍣 Hittite
- on
- cat
- ear
- work
- robe
- held
- head
- ship
- mark
- burel
- lapel
- stone
- board
- unlap
- onlap
- belap
- joint
- burlap
- lapper
- lappet
- dewlap
- earlap
- catlap
- lapful
- strake
- develop
- lapeled
- laprobe
- shiplap
- lapmark
- lapping
- laplike
- umbelap
- lapheld
- overlap
- lapwork
- headlap
- lapward
- lapling
- lapboard
- underlap
- lapelled
- lapstone
- codevelop
- developer
- lap joint
- lapelless
- redevelop
- lapstrake
- predevelop
- misdevelop
- cuntlapper
- co-develop
- hotlapping
- gap-lapper
- overlapper
- nonoverlap
- developable
- development
- overdevelop
- underdevelop
- self-lapping
- overlappable
- developability