From en.wiktionary.org:
[Soap]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], [ine-pro].
Cognate with [sco], [sco], [stq], [fy], [nl], [nds-de], [de], [da], [sv],
[nb], [nn], [fo], [is], [fi], [fi]. Related also to [ang], [la]. See [en].
[la] is a borrowing from the Germanic.
**** Noun
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1. [en] A metallic [en] derived from a [en] , commonly used in cleaning products.
2. [en] Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant , able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
3. [en] Money , specially when used as a bribe .
4. [en] A soap opera .
5. [en] A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
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- [srn]
- [car]
- [tri]
- [way]
- [tpi]
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***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [substance]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Acehnese: [ace]
- Adyghe: [ady]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Aleut: [ale]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy] , [colloquial] [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup] , [rup]
- Assamese: [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Breton: [br] , [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Buryat: [bua] , [bua]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chamicuro: [ccc]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Cherokee: [chr] , [chr]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Chukchi: [ckt]
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Dargwa: [dar]
- Dhivehi: [dv]
- Dhuwal: [dwu]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Elfdalian: [ovd]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Gagauz: [gag]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Gujarati: [gu] , [gu] , [gu]
- Hausa: [ha]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he] [archaic]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Hunsrik: [hrx]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Inuktitut: [iu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Jarai: [jra]
- Kabardian: [kbd]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc]
- Karakalpak: [kaa]
- Karelian: [krl] , [krl]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khmer: [km]
- Komi-Permyak: [koi]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Ladino: [lad] , [lad]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Lombard: [lmo] , [lmo]
- Low German:
- Lun Bawang: [lnd]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maguindanao: [mdh]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Maranao: [mrw]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mari:
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mongolian:
- Nahuatl: [nah]
- Nanai: [gld]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Northern Sami: [se] , [se]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Odia: [or]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old High German: [goh] , [goh] , [goh]
- Oromo: [om]
- Osage: [osa]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Papiamentu: [pap]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] (bath soap)
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Rakhine: [rki]
- Rohingya: [rhg]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Saterland Frisian: [stq]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Seychellois Creole: [crs]
- Shan: [shn]
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Sorbian:
- Sotho: [st]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Southern Ohlone: [css]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [Louisiana]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tabasaran: [tab]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tai Dam: [blt]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Tetum: [tet]
- Thai: [th]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Tongan: [to]
- Tumbuka: [tum]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Udmurt: [udm]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Vilamovian: [wym]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: [mbb]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yami: [tao]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Zhuang: [za] , [za]
[trans-bottom]
[soap opera] }}
***** See also
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** References
- The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries (see http://www.thefreedictionary.com/soap)
- Soaping Masonry (see https://web.archive.org/web/20211028170642/https://www.concreteconstruction.net/how-to/soaping-masonry_o)
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To apply soap to in washing.
2. [en] To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.
3. [en] To be discreet about (a topic).
4. [en] To flatter ; to wheedle .
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [apply soap in washing / cover with soap as a prank]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [reflexive] se savonner
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hiligaynon: [hil]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [reflexive] [it]
- Latvian: [lv] (ieziepēt, saziepēt)
- Lun Bawang: [lnd]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [reflexive] [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Venetan: [vec]
[trans-bottom] [trans-bottom] }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** See also
- [soap]
*** Etymology 2
[en]Probably an [en].
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en] thiopental ( sodium pentothal )
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2013 | author=John Gardner | title=James Bond: The John Gardner Years
|passage='Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out.
I rather think they gave me a shot of SOAP at one point.' Soap is intelligence
speak for sodium pentathol.}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nl]. [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[f]
1. soap opera
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
[nl]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [sôpe]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. soap opera
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
[fr]