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hopak

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada: /ˈhoːpæk/
  • /ˈhəʊpæk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

1925–30, from Ukrainian гопа́к (hopák), from the interjection гоп (hop). Compare Ukrainian го́пати (hópaty), го́пкати (hópkaty), гопцюва́ти (hopcjuváty), го́пки (hópky), and dated Ukrainian го́пи (hópy, “dance steps”), го́пка (hópka, “child (jocular)”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հոպակ (hopak) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Belarusian: гапа́к (hapák) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Bulgarian: гопак (gopak) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Catalan: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 霍巴克 — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Czech: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Danish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Dutch: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Estonian: hopakk — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Finnish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • French: gopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • French: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Georgian: გოპაკი (goṗaḳi) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Georgian: ჰოპაკი (hoṗaḳi) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • German: Hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Italian: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Japanese: ホパーク — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Kazakh: гопак (gopak) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Korean: 고팩 (gopaek) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Kyrgyz: гопак (gopak) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Malayalam: ഹോപക് (hōpakŭ) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Persian: هوپاک — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Polish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Russian: гопа́к (gopák) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: хо̀пак — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: hòpak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Spanish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Swedish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Turkish: hopak — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Ukrainian: гопа́к (hopák) — a Ukrainian national dance
  • Uzbek: gopak — a Ukrainian national dance