rap

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English and Rapa Nui Rapa Nui.

Symbol

rap

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Rapa Nui.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rapa Nui terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: wrap

Etymology 1

From Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian rapp (“a blow, strike, lash”), Swedish rapp (“a blow, lash, crack”), Danish rap (“a tap, smart, blow”). Compare Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”). More at rape.

Noun

rap (countable and uncountable, plural raps)

1. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.

   • 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter II, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

     He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.

   • 1950 March, Eric S. Tonks, “The Whitacre—Hampton-in-Arden Line, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:

     The author (obviously a naturalist of no mean order) received an official rap over the knuckles for trespassing, and for encouraging others to do so. Evidently the instigator of this reprimand had not visited the railway in blackberry time!

2. (slang, with definite article) The blame for something, a reprimand, censure, or a legal sentence to serve in prison

   Synonyms: blame, fall

   You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.

3. (informal) A casual talk.
   • 1979 April 14, “Calendar”, in Gay Community News, page 16:

     Clearspace is holding a bisexuality rap at the center, 485 Mass Ave. 7:30pm. Topic of discussion will be femininity and masculinity.

4. (music, uncountable) Rap music.

   They like listening to rap.

5. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
6. (Australia, informal) An appraisal.

   a good/great/bad rap

7. (Australia, informal) A positive appraisal; a recommendation.

   He gave the novel quite a rap.

Derived terms

• antirap
• backpack rap
• bad rap
• battle rap
• beat the rap
• bum rap
• cloud rap
• conscious rap
• country rap
• dungeon rap
• emo rap
• gangsta rap
• gangster rap
• jazz rap
• Memphis rap
• mumble rap
• progressive rap
• proto-rap
• rap back
• rap battle
• rap battling
• rapcore
• rap group
• raphead
• rapless
• raplike
• rap-like
• rapmeister
• rap metal
• rap music
• rap opera
• rapophile
• rap rock
• rapso
• rap song
• raptastic
• ringtone rap
• SoundCloud rap
• take the rap

Descendants

• → Dutch: raps
  • ⇒ Dutch: rapsen
• → Finnish: rap
• → German: Rap
• → Japanese: ラップ (rappu)
• → Korean: 랩 (raep)
• → Macedonian: рап (rap)

Translations

a sharp blow with something hard

• Bulgarian: почукване n (počukvane), рязък удар m (rjazăk udar)
• Dutch: klap (nl) m
• Finnish: kopaus, näpäys
• Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
• Scottish Gaelic: bualadh m
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: دستك (destek)

blame

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: syy (fi)
• Portuguese: culpa (pt) f

rap music — see rap music

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} moonee-muk

Etymology 2

From Middle English rappen, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish rappa (“to strike, beat, rap”), German rappeln (“to rattle”).

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

1. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
   • 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review‎^[1], volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:

     While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter II, in The House Behind the Cedars:

     He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.

2. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
   • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove:

     With one great peal they rap the door.

   • 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:

     Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.

3. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
4. To utter quickly and sharply.

   The sergeant rapped out a word of command to the troops.

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     "My dear sir!" rapped out the distressed curate, "don't you think that I haven't worried about that? […] "

5. (ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

   He started to rap after listening to Tupac.

   He rapped a song to his girlfriend.

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

     But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.

6. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 129:

     Three languages rapped, fumbled or rumblingly oozed all the while.

   • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 432:

     Louie said, "I dig this Theo. I'm gonna learn Swahili and rap with him."

   • 1980 April 12, Mike Sassin, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

     Got your address from NGTF, I could dig some mail and friends. I'll be released in July of '80, am 24, and like chess, body building, people and of course letters. Nice rapping to you.

Synonyms

• (strike something sharply with one's knuckles): knock, noogie

Derived terms

• outrap
• rap and rend
• rap at
• rap on
• rappable
• rappage
• rapper
• rap someone's knuckles

Translations

to strike something sharply with one's knuckles

• Albanian: rra (sq)
• Bulgarian: почуквам (bg) (počukvam)
• Finnish: koputtaa (fi)
• Māori: pātōtō
• Russian: стуча́ть (ru) (stučátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: buail

to speak lyrics in the style of rap music

• Bulgarian: рапирам (rapiram)
• Dutch: rappen (nl)
• Esperanto: repi
• Finnish: räpätä (fi)
• French: rapper (fr)
• German: rappen (de)
• Hawaiian: pāleo, pāleoleo
• Italian: rappare (it)
• Polish: rapować
• Russian: рэповать (ru) impf (rɛpovatʹ)
• Spanish: rapear (es)

See also

• emcee
• hip-hop

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

1. A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
   • 1762, The Statutes at Large (Great Britain), page 386:

     […] and that every hank or skein that shall be used as a binder to tie up or bind together any pound or parcel of yarn shall contain the same number of threads in a rap or lea, and the same number of raps or leas as the other hanks or skeins in the said pound or parcel.

   • 1881, Alfred Spitzli, A Manual for Managers, Designers, Weavers, and All Others, page 22:

     At each rap the reel was moved slightly to one side, so that the next rap was wound separately, and so on until seven raps had been made, then the seven raps were made up into one hank, […]

   • 1885, Thomas Rotherforth Ashenhurst, A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics:

     Thus, a rap may be reeled (of cotton or silk 120 yards, of worsted 80 yards), then as one rap is equal to one-seventh of a hank, 1000 grains will be equal to the one-seventh of a pound, so that whatever part of 1000 grains one rap weighs, or whatever number of raps are required to weigh1000 grains, that number of hanks will weigh one pound.

   • 1888, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Manchester Meeting, 1887 on the Regulation of Wages by Means of Lists in the Cotton Industry., page 19:

     The yarn rap reel is 1½ yard in circumference; 80 rounds or 120 yards make one rap; 7 raps or 840 yards one bank. In 1 lb. of cotton yarn there are 7,000 grains. When one rap weighs 1,000 grains, or seven raps 7,000 grains, the yarn is one hank to the pound, and when ten raps weigh 350 grains it is 28.57 hanks to the pound.

   • 1913, How to Build, Equip and Operate a Cotton Mill in the United States, page 408:

     Rule to find constant for beams: Multiply the number of yards in one rap by the number of ends in the beam, and by the number of raps on the beam and divide by 840.

Etymology 4

Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

Noun

rap (plural raps)

1. (historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
   • 1724, Jonathan Swift, “Drapier's Letters”, in 1:

     Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.

   • 1886, Mrs. Alexander, Beaton's Bargain:

     Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent.

2. A whit; a jot.

   I don't care a rap.

   That's not worth a rap.

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Scand., as Ice. hrapa, to rush headlong, cog. with Ger. raffen, to snatch.”)

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped or rapt)

1. (transitive) To seize and carry off.
2. (transitive) To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.

Etymology 6

From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”).

Noun

rap (plural raps)

1. (US, law enforcement) Acronym of record of arrest and prosecution.

   Synonym: RAP

2. (countable, slang) A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
   • 2014, James Neal Harvey, Mental Case:

     We got one maybe ID, but when we checked, we found out the suspect's been in Rikers for a year on a drug rap.

Derived terms

• murder rap
• rap sheet

Etymology 7

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rap (third-person singular simple present raps, present participle rapping, simple past and past participle rapped)

1. to rappel

Derived terms

• rap down
• rap jumping

See also

• rap-full (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

Acehnese

Adjective

rap

1. near

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rapbor.

Spanish rapbor.

Basque rap

Borrowed from Spanish rap, borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rap/ [rap]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Hyphenation: rap

Noun

rap inan

1. rap music

Declension

Declension of rap (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	rap	rapa	rapak	rapok
ergative	rapek	rapak	rapek	rapok
dative	rapi	rapari	rapei	rapoi
genitive	rapen	raparen	rapen	rapon
comitative	rapekin	raparekin	rapekin	rapokin
causative	rapengatik	raparengatik	rapengatik	rapongatik
benefactive	rapentzat	raparentzat	rapentzat	rapontzat
instrumental	rapez	rapaz	rapez	rapotaz
inessive	rapetan	rapean	rapetan	rapotan
locative	rapetako	rapeko	rapetako	rapotako
allative	rapetara	rapera	rapetara	rapotara
terminative	rapetaraino	raperaino	rapetaraino	rapotaraino
directive	rapetarantz	raperantz	rapetarantz	rapotarantz
destinative	rapetarako	raperako	rapetarako	rapotarako
ablative	rapetatik	rapetik	rapetatik	rapotatik
partitive	rapik	—	—	—
prolative	raptzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “rap”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāpóm

Proto-Italic *rāpom

Latin rāpum?

Catalan rap

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin rāpum (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈrap]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

rap m (plural raps)

1. monkfish

Hyponyms

• rap vermell

Descendants

• → Spanish: rape

Further reading

• “rap”, 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

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap, from Middle English rap, rappe, of North Germanic origin.

Noun

rap

1. rap music
2. a song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music

Verb

rap

1. to rap; to perform a rap

Danish

Etymology 1

Interjection

rap

1. quack (imitating the sound of a duck)

Etymology 2

Of North Germanic and ultimately imitative origin; compare with Swedish rappa (“drub, beat, hit”).

Noun

rap n (indefinite plural rap)

1. a strike intended to motivate someone to do something (e.g. for punishment or to spur on an animal)
   • 2008, Bitten Clausen - historier fra et liv, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 14:

     Hvis man ikke kunne sit stof, fik man et rap med stokken.

     If one did not know the material, one was given a strike with the cane.

   • 1841, Frederik Barfod, Brage og idun: et nordisk fjærdingårsskrift, page 346:

     Skriftefaderen giver den Skriftende et Par Rap med sin Stok for hans Synders Skyld.

     The confessor gives the confessing one a couple of strikes with his cane for the sake of his sins.

   • 2016, Orla Narvedsen, Kaptajnens Åse, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Kusken svarede med et Grynt, tog Pisken og gav Hestene et Par Rap af den.

     The coachdriver replied with a grunt, seized the whip and gave the horses a couple of strikes with it.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rap (neuter rapt, plural and definite singular attributive rappe, comparative rappere, superlative (predicative) rappest, superlative (attributive) rappeste)

1. quick, rapid
   • 2010, Jette A. Kaarsbøl, Din næstes hus: roman, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 332:

     Et øjeblik stod jeg og ledte efter et rapt svar.

     For a moment, I stood searching for a quick reply.

   • 2016, Kåre Johannessen, Kejserhøgen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     “Motorcykler, der kan man bare se. Det er ellers nogle rappe maskiner. Har du kørt selv?“

     “Motor bikes, will you look at that. Those are indeed some fast machines. Have you driven them yourself?“

   • 2016, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen, Himmelherren, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     Han var også tyveknægten, der ikke ejede andet end en skarpsleben lommekniv, nogle rappe fingre, en god portion vovemod og et frækt sindelag.

     He was also the thief-boy, who owned nothing but a sharply-ground pocket-knife, some quick fingers, a large portion of daring and a mischievous disposition.

Inflection

Inflection of rap

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	rap	rappere	rappest2
indefinite neuter singular	rapt	rappere	rappest2
plural	rappe	rappere	rappest2
definite attributive1	rappe	rappere	rappeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rap

1. imperative of rappe

Etymology 5

Verb

rap

1. imperative of rappe

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rap, probably derived from rapen (Dutch rapen) which originally also meant "to make haste"; compare reppen and also Old Norse hrapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑp/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑp

Adjective

rap (comparative rapper, superlative rapst)

1. quick, fast

   Synonyms: snel, vlug, rad, kwiek, gezwind, ras

   Kom eens heel rap hier!

   Get over here real fast!

Declension

Declension of rap
uninflected	rap
inflected	rappe
comparative	rapper
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		rap	rapper	het rapst het rapste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	rappe	rappere	rapste
	n. sing.	rap	rapper	rapste
	plural	rappe	rappere	rapste
definite		rappe	rappere	rapste
partitive		raps	rappers	—

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛp/ (Netherlands), IPA^(key): /rɑp/ (Belgium) or as in English

• Audio:

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  (Netherlands),

  Audio:

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  (Belgium)
• Rhymes: -ɛp (Netherlands), Rhymes: -ɑp (Belgium)

Noun

rap m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. rap music

Derived terms

• rapmuziek
• rappen

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑp/, [ˈrɑ̝p]
• IPA^(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]
• Rhymes: -ɑp
• Syllabification^(key): rap
• Hyphenation^(key): rap

Noun

rap

1. rap, rap music

Usage notes

As the word "rap" does not sit well in Finnish grammatic structure, the term räppi is widely used. Also the compound form rap-musiikki is quite common.

Declension

Inflection of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		rap	rapit
genitive		rapin	rapien
partitive		rapia	rapeja
illative		rapiin	rapeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rap	rapit
accusative	nom.	rap	rapit
	gen.	rapin
genitive		rapin	rapien
partitive		rapia	rapeja
inessive		rapissa	rapeissa
elative		rapista	rapeista
illative		rapiin	rapeihin
adessive		rapilla	rapeilla
ablative		rapilta	rapeilta
allative		rapille	rapeille
essive		rapina	rapeina
translative		rapiksi	rapeiksi
abessive		rapitta	rapeitta
instructive		—	rapein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rapini rapini accusative nom. rapini rapini gen. rapini genitive rapini rapieni partitive rapiani rapejani inessive rapissani rapeissani elative rapistani rapeistani illative rapiini rapeihini adessive rapillani rapeillani ablative rapiltani rapeiltani allative rapilleni rapeilleni essive rapinani rapeinani translative rapikseni rapeikseni abessive rapittani rapeittani instructive — — comitative — rapeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rapisi rapisi accusative nom. rapisi rapisi gen. rapisi genitive rapisi rapiesi partitive rapiasi rapejasi inessive rapissasi rapeissasi elative rapistasi rapeistasi illative rapiisi rapeihisi adessive rapillasi rapeillasi ablative rapiltasi rapeiltasi allative rapillesi rapeillesi essive rapinasi rapeinasi translative rapiksesi rapeiksesi abessive rapittasi rapeittasi instructive — — comitative — rapeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rapimme rapimme accusative nom. rapimme rapimme gen. rapimme genitive rapimme rapiemme partitive rapiamme rapejamme inessive rapissamme rapeissamme elative rapistamme rapeistamme illative rapiimme rapeihimme adessive rapillamme rapeillamme ablative rapiltamme rapeiltamme allative rapillemme rapeillemme essive rapinamme rapeinamme translative rapiksemme rapeiksemme abessive rapittamme rapeittamme instructive — — comitative — rapeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rapinne rapinne accusative nom. rapinne rapinne gen. rapinne genitive rapinne rapienne partitive rapianne rapejanne inessive rapissanne rapeissanne elative rapistanne rapeistanne illative rapiinne rapeihinne adessive rapillanne rapeillanne ablative rapiltanne rapeiltanne allative rapillenne rapeillenne essive rapinanne rapeinanne translative rapiksenne rapeiksenne abessive rapittanne rapeittanne instructive — — comitative — rapeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rapinsa rapinsa accusative nom. rapinsa rapinsa gen. rapinsa genitive rapinsa rapiensa partitive rapiaan rapiansa rapejaan rapejansa inessive rapissaan rapissansa rapeissaan rapeissansa elative rapistaan rapistansa rapeistaan rapeistansa illative rapiinsa rapeihinsa adessive rapillaan rapillansa rapeillaan rapeillansa ablative rapiltaan rapiltansa rapeiltaan rapeiltansa allative rapilleen rapillensa rapeilleen rapeillensa essive rapinaan rapinansa rapeinaan rapeinansa translative rapikseen rapiksensa rapeikseen rapeiksensa abessive rapittaan rapittansa rapeittaan rapeittansa instructive — — comitative — rapeineen rapeinensa

Inflection of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		rap	rapit
genitive		rapin	rapien
partitive		rapiä	rapejä
illative		rapiin	rapeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rap	rapit
accusative	nom.	rap	rapit
	gen.	rapin
genitive		rapin	rapien
partitive		rapiä	rapejä
inessive		rapissä	rapeissä
elative		rapistä	rapeistä
illative		rapiin	rapeihin
adessive		rapillä	rapeillä
ablative		rapiltä	rapeiltä
allative		rapille	rapeille
essive		rapinä	rapeinä
translative		rapiksi	rapeiksi
abessive		rapittä	rapeittä
instructive		—	rapein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rapini rapini accusative nom. rapini rapini gen. rapini genitive rapini rapieni partitive rapiäni rapejäni inessive rapissäni rapeissäni elative rapistäni rapeistäni illative rapiini rapeihini adessive rapilläni rapeilläni ablative rapiltäni rapeiltäni allative rapilleni rapeilleni essive rapinäni rapeinäni translative rapikseni rapeikseni abessive rapittäni rapeittäni instructive — — comitative — rapeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rapisi rapisi accusative nom. rapisi rapisi gen. rapisi genitive rapisi rapiesi partitive rapiäsi rapejäsi inessive rapissäsi rapeissäsi elative rapistäsi rapeistäsi illative rapiisi rapeihisi adessive rapilläsi rapeilläsi ablative rapiltäsi rapeiltäsi allative rapillesi rapeillesi essive rapinäsi rapeinäsi translative rapiksesi rapeiksesi abessive rapittäsi rapeittäsi instructive — — comitative — rapeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rapimme rapimme accusative nom. rapimme rapimme gen. rapimme genitive rapimme rapiemme partitive rapiämme rapejämme inessive rapissämme rapeissämme elative rapistämme rapeistämme illative rapiimme rapeihimme adessive rapillämme rapeillämme ablative rapiltämme rapeiltämme allative rapillemme rapeillemme essive rapinämme rapeinämme translative rapiksemme rapeiksemme abessive rapittämme rapeittämme instructive — — comitative — rapeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rapinne rapinne accusative nom. rapinne rapinne gen. rapinne genitive rapinne rapienne partitive rapiänne rapejänne inessive rapissänne rapeissänne elative rapistänne rapeistänne illative rapiinne rapeihinne adessive rapillänne rapeillänne ablative rapiltänne rapeiltänne allative rapillenne rapeillenne essive rapinänne rapeinänne translative rapiksenne rapeiksenne abessive rapittänne rapeittänne instructive — — comitative — rapeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rapinsä rapinsä accusative nom. rapinsä rapinsä gen. rapinsä genitive rapinsä rapiensä partitive rapiään rapiänsä rapejään rapejänsä inessive rapissään rapissänsä rapeissään rapeissänsä elative rapistään rapistänsä rapeistään rapeistänsä illative rapiinsä rapeihinsä adessive rapillään rapillänsä rapeillään rapeillänsä ablative rapiltään rapiltänsä rapeiltään rapeiltänsä allative rapilleen rapillensä rapeilleen rapeillensä essive rapinään rapinänsä rapeinään rapeinänsä translative rapikseen rapiksensä rapeikseen rapeiksensä abessive rapittään rapittänsä rapeittään rapeittänsä instructive — — comitative — rapeineen rapeinensä

Synonyms

• räppi

Derived terms

compounds

• rap-musiikki
• rapmusiikki

Related terms

• räpätä
• räppäri

Further reading

• “rap”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁap/
• Homophones: wrap, râpe

Noun

rap m (uncountable)

1. rap; rap music

Anagrams

• par

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛp]
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

rap (usually uncountable, plural rapek)

1. (music) rap

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	rap	rapek
accusative	rapet	rapeket
dative	rapnek	rapeknek
instrumental	rappel	rapekkel
causal-final	rapért	rapekért
translative	rappé	rapekké
terminative	rapig	rapekig
essive-formal	rapként	rapekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rapben	rapekben
superessive	rapen	rapeken
adessive	rapnél	rapeknél
illative	rapbe	rapekbe
sublative	rapre	rapekre
allative	raphez	rapekhez
elative	rapből	rapekből
delative	rapről	rapekről
ablative	raptől	rapektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	rapé	rapeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rapéi	rapekéi

Possessive forms of rap

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rapem	rapjeim
2nd person sing.	raped	rapjeid
3rd person sing.	rapje	rapjei
1st person plural	rapünk	rapjeink
2nd person plural	rapetek	rapjeitek
3rd person plural	rapjük	rapjeik

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low Prussian Râp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: rap

Noun

rap m animal

1. (archaic) black horse
2. Tatar horse

   Synonym: bachmat

3. huge herring

Declension

Declension of rap

	singular	plural
nominative	rap	rapë
genitive	rapa	rapów
dative	rapòwi	rapóm
accusative	rapa	rapë
instrumental	rapã	rapama
locative	rapie	rapach
vocative	rapie	rapë

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “kary, bachmat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “kary, bachmat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]
• “rap”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Middle English

Noun

rap

1. alternative form of rop (“rope”)

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *rap (“mantel”).

Noun

rap

1. mantel (over a fireplace)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Chinese 躐 (liè, “to trample”).

Verb

rap

1. to tread, trample

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “rap”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rap n (definite singular rapet, indefinite plural rap, definite plural rapa or rapene)

1. A burp; belch.

Related terms

• rape

Verb

rap

1. imperative of rape

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Compare Old Frisian rāp (West Frisian reap), Old Dutch reip, rēp (Dutch reep), Old High German reif (German Reif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑːp/
• Rhymes: -ɑːp

Noun

rāp m

1. rope

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	rāp	rāpas
accusative	rāp	rāpas
genitive	rāpes	rāpa
dative	rāpe	rāpum

Related terms

• rǣpan
• rǣping
• rǣpling
• rāpincel
• stiġrāp

Descendants

• Middle English: rop, rap, rope, roop, roope
  • English: rope, roap, roape (all obsolete)
    • → Irish: rópa
    • Tok Pisin: rop
  • Scots: raip
  • → Old French: rap

Old French

Etymology 1

Deverbal of Latin rapiō.

Noun

rap oblique singular, m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

1. violent seizure
2. abduction
3. rape (unlawful sexual penetration)

Descendants

• English: rape

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Early Middle English rap, from Old English rāp.

Noun

rap oblique singular, m (oblique plural ras, nominative singular ras, nominative plural rap) (Anglo-Norman)

1. rope

References

• “rap”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.

Old Frisian

Ēn rāp.

Alternative forms

• *rēp

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raip. Cognates include Old English rāp and Old Saxon *rēp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːp/

Noun

rāp m

1. rope

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: riap

  Halligen: reep

  Mooring: ruup

  Wiedingharde: ruup

• Saterland Frisian: Roop
• West Frisian: reap

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: rap
• Homophones: rab, Rab, wrap

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rap.

Noun

rap m inan (related adjective rapowy)

1. rap music

Declension

Declension of rap

	singular
nominative	rap
genitive	rapu
dative	rapowi
accusative	rap
instrumental	rapem
locative	rapie
vocative	rapie

Related terms

adjective

• raperski

nouns

• raper
• raperka

verbs

• rapować impf
• zarapować pf

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rapa.

Noun

rap m animal

1. asp fish (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)

   Synonyms: boleń, boleń pospolity, chwat, rapa

Declension

Declension of rap

	singular	plural
nominative	rap	rapy
genitive	rapa	rapów
dative	rapowi	rapom
accusative	rapa	rapy
instrumental	rapem	rapami
locative	rapie	rapach
vocative	rapie	rapy

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rap f

1. genitive plural of rapa

Further reading

• “rap I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “rap II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “rap”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
• rap in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rap.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.pi/ [ˈhɛ.pi], /ˈʁɛp/ [ˈhɛp]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.pi/ [ˈhɛ.pi], /ˈʁɛp/ [ˈhɛp]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.pi/ [ˈχɛ.pi], /ˈʁɛp/ [ˈχɛp]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛp/

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

1. rap music (music genre)

   Synonym: hip hop

Further reading

• “rap”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rap”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rap.

Noun

rap n (uncountable)

1. (music) rap

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rap	rapul
genitive-dative	rap	rapului
vocative	rapule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/ [ˈrap]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: rap

Noun

rap m (plural raps)

1. rap (music genre)

Related terms

• rap metal
• rapper

Further reading

• “rap”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Noun

rap class IX (plural rap class X)

1. (music) rap, rap music

Swedish

Etymology 1

Back-formation of rapa (“to belch”), from Old Swedish rapa. Cognate with Norwegian rape (“to belch”).

Noun

rap c

1. a burp, a belch

Declension

Declension of rap

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rap	raps
	definite	rapen	rapens
plural	indefinite	rapar	rapars
	definite	raparna	raparnas

See also

• rapa

Etymology 2

From English rap.

Noun

rap c

1. (uncountable) rap music

Declension

Declension of rap 2

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rap	raps
	definite	rapen	rapens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “rap”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “rap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “rap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• apr, par