ope

See also: 'ope, õpe, -ope, оре, OPE, and ọpẹ

English

Etymology 1

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA^(key): /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ōp IPA^(key): /oʊp/

  • Audio (US):

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊp/
• Rhymes: -əʊp

Interjection

ope

1. (US, chiefly Midwestern US) An exclamation of surprise; oops.

   Ope! Sorry about that.

   Ope, let me just squeeze past ya there.

   • 2024 January 27, Charlie Berens and Myles Montplaisir, We're Midwesterners:

     We're Midwesterners. We like long walks through frozen cornfields. Ope! Watch out!

Usage notes

Specific to the Midwestern United States, but used elsewhere in American English.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ōp IPA^(key): /oʊp/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊp/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)

1. (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Open. [from 13th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:

     Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […] .

   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act 5, scene 5, verses 191-192:

     We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
     I will to bed! — To-morrow —

   • [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:

     On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.

Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)

1. (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.

   • 1842, Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin:

     There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!

   • 2024 September 28, HarryBlank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in SCP Foundation‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 September 2024:

     An order asserted itself, and the hoods on the furnaces were oped wide, and a final march was organized. The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility.

Noun

ope (plural opes)

1. (Cornwall) An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).

   Tonkin's Ope

   • 2018 October 4, Lee Trewhela, “The secrets of Truro’s hidden Carne’s Ope unveiled for the first time in 60 years”, in Cornwall Live:

     It formed part of the extensive network of opes across the city which used to carry dock workers down to the quay for work on the boats in the bustling Port of Truro.

   • 2021 June 15, John Husband, A-Z of Truro: Places-People-History, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

     Opes / A characteristic that Truro shares with other Cornish towns are the narrow passageways which often form shortcuts between streets. […] These include Roberts Ope, Tippet's Backlet (Tippet was the owner of a fulling mill), Coombe's Lane, Pearson's Ope, Tonkin's Ope, Swifty's Ope, Nalder's Court, Job's Court and Carne's Ope, although this last has now been blocked off by building extensions. Perhaps the most memorable is Squeeze Guts Alley (see separate entry).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ope/, /ʔope/

Noun

ope (uncountable)

1. (Philippines, colloquial, slang) Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization

Anagrams

• EPO, EoP, PEO, POE, Poe, peo., poe, poë

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ope/ [o.pe]
• Rhymes: -ope
• Hyphenation: o‧pe

Etymology 1

From ot- (combining form of ogi (“bread”)) +‎ mehe (“thin”), itself from Proto-Basque *bene.

Noun

ope inan

1. (rare) flatbread
   • c. 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons]‎^[3], Tolosa, published 1850, page 381:

     Beguiratu zuan Profetac, cer ote zan Aingueruac ecarri ciona, eta ecusi cituan supeco opea bat, eta ura.

     [Begiratu zuen profetak, zer ote zan aingeruak ekarri ziona, eta ekusi zituan supeko opea bat, eta ura.]

     The prophet looked, wondering what the angel had brought to him, he saw a piece of flatbread in the oven and water.

Declension

Declension of ope (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ope	opea	opeak
ergative	opek	opeak	opeek
dative	operi	opeari	opeei
genitive	operen	opearen	opeen
comitative	operekin	opearekin	opeekin
causative	operengatik	opearengatik	opeengatik
benefactive	operentzat	opearentzat	opeentzat
instrumental	opez	opeaz	opeez
inessive	opetan	opean	opeetan
locative	opetako	opeko	opeetako
allative	opetara	opera	opeetara
terminative	opetaraino	operaino	opeetaraino
directive	opetarantz	operantz	opeetarantz
destinative	opetarako	operako	opeetarako
ablative	opetatik	opetik	opeetatik
partitive	operik	—	—
prolative	opetzat	—	—

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Latin opem (“wealth, assistance”).

Noun

ope inan

1. (obsolete) April
   • 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)‎^[4], Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 313:

     Opeco erlea eneçat, Mayacecoa anajeençat.

     [Opeko erlea enetzat, maiatzekoa anajeentzat.]

     The bees of April [are] for me, those of May [are] for my brother.

Derived terms

• opeil (“April”)

 

Further reading

• “ope”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ope”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of opettaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈope/, [ˈo̞pe̞]
• Rhymes: -ope
• Hyphenation^(key): ope

Noun

ope (colloquial)

1. teach, teacher

   Synonyms: opettaja, maikka

Declension

Inflection of ope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		ope	opet
genitive		open	opejen
partitive		opea	opeja
illative		opeen	opeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ope	opet
accusative	nom.	ope	opet
	gen.	open
genitive		open	opejen opein rare
partitive		opea	opeja
inessive		opessa	opeissa
elative		opesta	opeista
illative		opeen	opeihin
adessive		opella	opeilla
ablative		opelta	opeilta
allative		opelle	opeille
essive		opena	opeina
translative		opeksi	opeiksi
abessive		opetta	opeitta
instructive		—	opein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative openi openi accusative nom. openi openi gen. openi genitive openi opejeni opeini rare partitive opeani opejani inessive opessani opeissani elative opestani opeistani illative opeeni opeihini adessive opellani opeillani ablative opeltani opeiltani allative opelleni opeilleni essive openani opeinani translative opekseni opeikseni abessive opettani opeittani instructive — — comitative — opeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative opesi opesi accusative nom. opesi opesi gen. opesi genitive opesi opejesi opeisi rare partitive opeasi opejasi inessive opessasi opeissasi elative opestasi opeistasi illative opeesi opeihisi adessive opellasi opeillasi ablative opeltasi opeiltasi allative opellesi opeillesi essive openasi opeinasi translative opeksesi opeiksesi abessive opettasi opeittasi instructive — — comitative — opeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative opemme opemme accusative nom. opemme opemme gen. opemme genitive opemme opejemme opeimme rare partitive opeamme opejamme inessive opessamme opeissamme elative opestamme opeistamme illative opeemme opeihimme adessive opellamme opeillamme ablative opeltamme opeiltamme allative opellemme opeillemme essive openamme opeinamme translative opeksemme opeiksemme abessive opettamme opeittamme instructive — — comitative — opeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative openne openne accusative nom. openne openne gen. openne genitive openne opejenne opeinne rare partitive opeanne opejanne inessive opessanne opeissanne elative opestanne opeistanne illative opeenne opeihinne adessive opellanne opeillanne ablative opeltanne opeiltanne allative opellenne opeillenne essive openanne opeinanne translative opeksenne opeiksenne abessive opettanne opeittanne instructive — — comitative — opeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative opensa opensa accusative nom. opensa opensa gen. opensa genitive opensa opejensa opeinsa rare partitive opeaan opeansa opejaan opejansa inessive opessaan opessansa opeissaan opeissansa elative opestaan opestansa opeistaan opeistansa illative opeensa opeihinsa adessive opellaan opellansa opeillaan opeillansa ablative opeltaan opeltansa opeiltaan opeiltansa allative opelleen opellensa opeilleen opeillensa essive openaan openansa opeinaan opeinansa translative opekseen opeksensa opeikseen opeiksensa abessive opettaan opettansa opeittaan opeittansa instructive — — comitative — opeineen opeinensa

Further reading

• “ope”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Latin

Noun

ope

1. ablative singular of ops

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ope

1. neuter singular of open

Unami

Verb

ope inan (plural òpeyo)

1. third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)

Related terms

• òpsu
• òpàn
• wèhènchiopànk
• òpànk

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project