dapper

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• UK: /ˈdæpə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AE1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dheb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: спретнат (spretnat) — neat, trim
• Chinese Mandarin: 整潔俐落 /整洁俐落 (zhěngjié lìluò) — neat, trim
• Finnish: huoliteltu — neat, trim
• French: fringant — neat, trim
• French: sémillant — neat, trim
• Galician: atilado — neat, trim
• Galician: relambido — neat, trim
• Galician: nidio — neat, trim
• Galician: desenxovallado — neat, trim
• Irish: pioctha — neat, trim
• Russian: опря́тный (oprjátnyj) — neat, trim
• Russian: аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) — neat, trim
• Spanish: pulcro — neat, trim
• Spanish: atildado — neat, trim
• Bulgarian: докаран (dokaran) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Bulgarian: елегантен (eleganten) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Catalan: elegant — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Chinese Cantonese: 端莊企理 /端庄企理 — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣冠楚楚 (yīguānchǔchǔ) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Chinese Mandarin: 穿著考究 (chuānzhuó kǎojiu) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Czech: úhledný — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Czech: elegantní — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Czech: upravený — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Czech: nastrojený — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Dutch: stijlvol — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Dutch: elegant — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Dutch: chic — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Finnish: huoliteltu — stylishly or neatly dressed
• French: chic — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Galician: aposto — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Galician: aroso — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Galician: bemposto — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Galician: farfantón — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Irish: pioctha — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Italian: elegante — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Japanese: お洒落 (oshare) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Polish: elegancki — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Polish: szykowny — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Portuguese: elegante — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Russian: щеголеватый (ščegolevatyj) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Russian: элега́нтный (elegántnyj) — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Scottish Gaelic: spaideil — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Spanish: apuesto — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Spanish: gallardo — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Spanish: elegante — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Spanish: peripuesto — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Swedish: elegant — stylishly or neatly dressed
• Bulgarian: подвижен (podvižen) — quick and active
• Bulgarian: енергичен (energičen) — quick and active