nape

• IPA^(key): /neɪp/

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• Rhymes: -eɪp

From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.[1]. More at nap.

nape (plural napes)

1. The back part of the neck.
2. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

• nucha, nuchal (medicine)
• scruff, scruff of the neck
• withers (of a horse)

• hindneck

From Middle English, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron.

nape (plural napes)

1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.

• napkin
• nappie

Short for napalm.

nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)

1. (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.

• -pnea, Pena, neap, pane, pané, pean

nāpe

1. vocative singular of nāpus

Unknown.

• naape

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːp(ə)/

nape (plural napys)

1. The nape; the neck's rear.
2. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head.

• napyn

• English: nape

• “nap (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːp(ə)/

nape

1. (rare except in compound words) tablecloth

• napkyn
• naperye

• English: nape (obsolete)

• “nāpe (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.

From Old English hnappian.

nape

1. Alternative form of nappen

From nape (noun).

nape

1. Alternative form of napyn

nape f (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)

1. table cloth
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':

     Tables mises, et napes sus

     Tables were laid, with table cloths on them

• English: nape, napkin
• French: nappe

• table