stup

French

Etymology

Clipping of stupéfiant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /styp/

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Noun

stup m (plural stups)

1. (informal) narcotic

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stup]

Verb

stup

1. second-person singular imperative of stupiś

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb stupe.

Noun

stup n (definite singular stupet, indefinite plural stup, definite plural stupa or stupene)

1. a dive (especially in sport), plunge
2. a cliff, precipice, steep slope

Derived terms

• hodestups

Related terms

• stupe
• stuper
• stuping

Etymology 2

Verb

stup

1. imperative of stupe

References

• “stup” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːp/

Etymology 1

From the verb stupe.

Noun

stup n (definite singular stupet, indefinite plural stup, definite plural stupa)

1. a dive (especially in sport), plunge
2. a cliff, precipice, steep slope

Related terms

• stupe
• stupar
• stuping
• stupearing

Etymology 2

Verb

stup

1. imperative of stupa

References

• “stup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: stup
• Homophone: stóp

Noun

stup f

1. genitive plural of stupa

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *stypus or *stupus, from Ancient Greek στύπος (stúpos, “stem, stump, block”). Also possibly from Serbo-Croatian stub (“pillar, column”).

Noun

stup m (plural stupi)

1. beehive

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stup	stupul		stupi	stupii
genitive-dative	stup	stupului		stupi	stupilor
vocative	stupule			stupilor

See also

• albină

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stȗb

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stûːp/

Noun

stȗp m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑п, diminutive stùpić)

1. pillar
2. column (upright supporting beam)

Declension

Declension of stup

	singular	plural
nominative	stup	stupovi
genitive	stupa	stupova
dative	stupu	stupovima
accusative	stup	stupove
vocative	stupe	stupovi
locative	stupu	stupovima
instrumental	stupom	stupovima

Further reading

• “stup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from stupa (“fall”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːp

Noun

stup n

1. a precipice (when viewed as a drop)
   1. a cliff

      Synonym: (when viewed more as a geological formation) klippa

      falla nerför ett stup

      fall down a cliff

      ett brant stup

      a steep cliff (when viewed as a drop) / a steep drop-off

Declension

Declension of stup

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stup	stups
	definite	stupet	stupets
plural	indefinite	stup	stups
	definite	stupen	stupens

Derived terms

• tvärstup (“sheer drop-off, sheer precipice”)

See also

• brant
• stupa
• ättestupa

References

• stup in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stup in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stup in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• puts

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stup]

Noun

stup (nominative plural stups)

1. stupidity, stupidness

Declension

declension of stup

	singular	plural
nominative	stup	stups
genitive	stupa	stupas
dative	stupe	stupes
accusative	stupi	stupis
vocative 1	o stup!	o stups!
predicative 2	stupu	stupus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• stupan
• stupik