hoop

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• ho͝op
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• US, regional: /hʊp/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

Onomatopoeic.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَارَة (ṭāra) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Azerbaijani: halqa — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Azerbaijani: çənbər — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Belarusian: абру́ч (abrúč) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Bulgarian: о́бръч (óbrǎč) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Catalan: cèrcol — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Chinese Mandarin: 箍 (gū) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Chinese Mandarin: 圈 (quān) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Czech: obruč — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Danish: tøndebånd — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Dutch: hoepel — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Dutch: reep — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Dutch: tonnenband — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Esperanto: ringego — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Finnish: vanne — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• French: cercle — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• French: cerceau — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Galician: arco — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Galician: aro — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• German: Reif — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Greek: στεφάνη (stefáni) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Hebrew: חִשּׁוּק (khashúk) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Hindi: घेरा (gherā) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Hungarian: abroncs — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Irish: fonsa — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Irish: fleasc — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Italian: cerchio — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Japanese: 箍 (taga) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Japanese: フープ (fūpu) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Kazakh: шеңбер (şeñber) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Korean: 테 (te) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Korean: 후프 (hupeu) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Kyrgyz: чамбар (cambar) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Kyrgyz: алкак (alkak) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Luxembourgish: Reef — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Macedonian: обрач (obrač) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Māori: pararaha — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Māori: whiti — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Māori: mōwhiti — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Māori: pīrori — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Māori: tarawhiti — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Navajo: bąąs — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Norwegian Bokmål: tønnebånd — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Iranian Persian: حَلْقِه (halġe) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Iranian Persian: چَنْبَر (čanbar) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Polish: obręcz — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Portuguese: aro — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Romanian: cerc — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Russian: о́бруч (óbruč) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Serbo-Croatian: обруч — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Serbo-Croatian: obruč — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Slovak: obruč — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Slovene: obroč — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Spanish: aro — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Spanish: fleje — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Spanish: cincho — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Spanish: zuncho — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Spanish: cello — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Swedish: tunnband — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Swedish: ring — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Tagalog: argolya — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Tajik: чанбар (čanbar) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Tajik: ҳалқа (halqa) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Tajik: чанбарак (čanbarak) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Tajik: гардиш (gardiš) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Turkish: çember — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Ottoman Turkish: چنبر (çember) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Ukrainian: о́бруч (óbruč) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Uyghur: چەمبەر (chember) — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Uzbek: chambar — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Uzbek: gardish — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Volapük: tübatan — circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
• Finnish: vanne — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Galician: aro — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Hungarian: karika — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Hungarian: gyűrű — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Irish: fonsa — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Māori: tarawhiti — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Māori: pīrori — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Māori: mōhiti — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Māori: mōwhiti — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Tagalog: argolya — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Turkish: kasnak — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Ottoman Turkish: حلقه (halka) — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Ottoman Turkish: چنبر (çember) — ring; circular band; anything resembling a hoop
• Galician: aro — circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent
• Māori: torowhiti — circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent
• Turkish: kasnak — circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent
• Bulgarian: о́бръч (óbrǎč) — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Finnish: krinoliini — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Finnish: vanne — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• German: Reifrock — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Hungarian: abroncs — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Hungarian: krinolin — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Irish: fonsa — circle used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses
• Galician: aro — basketball: rim part of a basketball net
• Hungarian: gyűrű — basketball: rim part of a basketball net
• Irish: fonsa — basketball: rim part of a basketball net
• Spanish: aro — basketball: rim part of a basketball net
• Finnish: koris — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Finnish: koripallo — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Macedonian: кош (koš) — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Macedonian: обрач (obrač) — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurv — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Romanian: coș — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Swedish: korg — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Swedish: ring — ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
• Bulgarian: о́бръч (óbrǎč) — rhythmic gymnastics: apparatus
• Finnish: vannehtia — to fasten with a hoop
• Hungarian: abroncsoz — to fasten with a hoop
• Romanian: fereca — to fasten with a hoop
• Ottoman Turkish: چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) — to fasten with a hoop