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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /lap/
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• New-Zealand: /lɛp/
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From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).

From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap, fold up”) (from Germanic). Doublet of wrap. Also related to envelop, develop. The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-West Germanic *lapōn, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh2b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.

212 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pal — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Bulgarian: поли (poli) — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Finnish: helma — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• French: côté — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Ingrian: helma — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Portuguese: regaço — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Russian: подо́л (podól) — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Russian: пола́ (polá) — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Spanish: volado — lower part of a garment that plays loosely
• Catalan: doblec — edge; border; hem
• Dutch: zoom — edge; border; hem
• Finnish: helma — edge; border; hem
• Hungarian: szegély — edge; border; hem
• Portuguese: borda — edge; border; hem
• Russian: край (kraj) — edge; border; hem
• Slovak: lem — edge; border; hem
• Spanish: dobladillo — edge; border; hem
• Albanian: prehër — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Albanian: prehën — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Armenian: փեշ (pʻeš) — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Asturian: cuellu — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Bulgarian: скут (skut) — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Catalan: falda — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Finnish: syli — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• French: giron — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Galician: colo — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Galician: regazo — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Ancient Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Gujarati: ખોળો (khoḷo) — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Hungarian: öl — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Icelandic: kjalta — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Indonesian: pangkuan — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Italian: grembo — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Latin: gremium — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Malay: riba — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Occitan: fauda — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Occitan: falda — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Polish: podołek — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Portuguese: colo — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Portuguese: regaço — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Spanish: regazo — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Spanish: falda — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Swedish: knä — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Thai: ตัก (dtàk) — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Walloon: schô — part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down
• Albanian: prehër — upper legs of a seated person
• Arabic: حَجَر (ḥajar) — upper legs of a seated person
• Armenian: գոգ (gog) — upper legs of a seated person
• Assamese: কোলা (küla) — upper legs of a seated person
• Central Bikol: paa — upper legs of a seated person
• Central Bikol: kulkulan — upper legs of a seated person
• Bulgarian: скут (skut) — upper legs of a seated person
• Catalan: falda — upper legs of a seated person
• Chinese Mandarin: 膝部 (xībù) — upper legs of a seated person
• Czech: klín — upper legs of a seated person
• Danish: skød — upper legs of a seated person
• Dutch: schoot — upper legs of a seated person
• Esperanto: sino — upper legs of a seated person
• Faroese: fang — upper legs of a seated person
• Faroese: skeyt — upper legs of a seated person
• Faroese: knæ — upper legs of a seated person
• Finnish: syli — upper legs of a seated person
• French: genoux — upper legs of a seated person
• French: giron — upper legs of a seated person
• Galician: colo — upper legs of a seated person
• German: Schoß — upper legs of a seated person
• German: Schoss — upper legs of a seated person
• Hebrew: חיק (Cheyq) — upper legs of a seated person
• Hungarian: öl — upper legs of a seated person
• Icelandic: skaut — upper legs of a seated person
• Indonesian: pangkuan — upper legs of a seated person
• Irish: ucht — upper legs of a seated person
• Italian: grembo — upper legs of a seated person
• Japanese: ひざ (hiza) — upper legs of a seated person
• Kabuverdianu: ragás — upper legs of a seated person
• Korean: 무릎 (mureup) — upper legs of a seated person
• Central Kurdish: کۆش (koş) — upper legs of a seated person
• Latin: gremium — upper legs of a seated person
• Latvian: klēpis — upper legs of a seated person
• Latvian: opa — upper legs of a seated person
• Latvian: ope — upper legs of a seated person
• Marathi: मांडी (māṇḍī) — upper legs of a seated person
• Norwegian: fang — upper legs of a seated person
• Old Norse: kjalta — upper legs of a seated person
• Plautdietsch: Schoot — upper legs of a seated person
• Polish: łono (na łonie Abrahama) — upper legs of a seated person
• Portuguese: colo — upper legs of a seated person
• Portuguese: regaço — upper legs of a seated person
• Scottish Gaelic: glùn — upper legs of a seated person
• Scottish Gaelic: uchd — upper legs of a seated person
• Serbo-Croatian: кри́ло — upper legs of a seated person
• Serbo-Croatian: krílo — upper legs of a seated person
• Slovak: lono — upper legs of a seated person
• Spanish: regazo — upper legs of a seated person
• Spanish: falda — upper legs of a seated person
• Swedish: knä — upper legs of a seated person
• Sylheti: ꠃꠞ (ur) — upper legs of a seated person
• Tagalog: kandungan — upper legs of a seated person
• Thai: ตัก (dtàk) — upper legs of a seated person
• Turkish: kucak — upper legs of a seated person
• Zazaki: vırar — upper legs of a seated person
• Finnish: syli — archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda
• Hungarian: öl — archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda
• Polish: łono — archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda
• Serbo-Croatian: krilo — archaic, euphemistic: female pudenda
• Spanish: delantal — engineering, A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component
• Spanish: cubierta — engineering, A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component
• Albanian: pal — part which extends over another part
• Finnish: ylite — part which extends over another part
• Bulgarian: припокриване (pripokrivane) — state of being in part extended over something else
• Finnish: ylite — state of being in part extended over something else
• Bulgarian: обиколка (obikolka) — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Catalan: volta — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Chinese Mandarin: 圈 (quān) — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Czech: kolo — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Dutch: ronde — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Finnish: kierros — sports: one circuit around a race track
• French: tour de circuit — sports: one circuit around a race track
• French: tour — sports: one circuit around a race track
• German: Runde — sports: one circuit around a race track
• German: Platzrunde — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Hungarian: kör — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Italian: giro di pista — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Māori: rauna — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Norwegian Bokmål: runde — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Norwegian Nynorsk: runde — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Polish: okrążenie — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Portuguese: volta — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Russian: круг (krug) — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Serbo-Croatian: кру̑г — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Serbo-Croatian: krȗg — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Spanish: vuelta — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Swedish: varv — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Turkish: tur — sports: one circuit around a race track
• Chinese Cantonese: 塘 (tong4) — swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool
• German: Bahn — swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool
• German: Bahnlänge — swimming: the traversal of one length of the pool
• Albanian: pal — sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine
• Bulgarian: намотка (namotka) — sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine
• Finnish: laappi — sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine
• Spanish: lengüetada — Translations
• Spanish: lenguarada — Translations
• Spanish: lengüetazo — Translations
• Albanian: palos — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Bulgarian: припокривам (pripokrivam) — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: elleplez — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: elfed — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: eltakar — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: letakar — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: lefed — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: fedez — (transitive) To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
• Hungarian: csiszol — (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth
• Hungarian: lecsiszol — (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth
• Hungarian: políroz — (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth
• Bulgarian: припокривам се (pripokrivam se) — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Dutch: overlappen — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• German: überlappen — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Hungarian: fed — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Hungarian: takar — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Hungarian: fedez — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Swedish: överlappa — (intransitive) To lie partly on or over something; to overlap
• Finnish: ohittaa kierroksella — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• French: prendre un tour — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• German: überrunden — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Hungarian: leköröz — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Hungarian: körülteker — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Hungarian: beteker — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Hungarian: bepólyáz — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Italian: doppiare — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Spanish: doblar — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Spanish: sacar una vuelta a — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Spanish: sacar vueltas a — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Swedish: varva — sports, motor racing: to overtake a straggler in a race
• Albanian: lëpij — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Arabic: وَلَغَ (walaḡa) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Bulgarian: лоча (loča) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Chichewa: kukhápwira — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Chinese Mandarin: 啜 (chuò) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Estonian: lakkuma — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Finnish: lipoa — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Finnish: latkia — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Finnish: lipittää — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• French: laper — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Galician: lapar — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• German: schlecken — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Ancient Greek: λάπτω (láptō) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Hungarian: lefetyel — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Ingrian: litkiä — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Latvian: lakt — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Māori: miti — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Norman: lapper — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Norman: cliapoter — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Norwegian Bokmål: lepje — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lepja — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lepje — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Polish: chłeptać — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Polish: chlipać — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Romanian: îmbuca — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Russian: лака́ть (lakátʹ) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Scottish Gaelic: imlich — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Spanish: lengüetear — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Spanish: langüetear — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Spanish: lambiscar — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Swedish: lapa — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Ottoman Turkish: یالامق (yalamak) — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Walloon: laper — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Walloon: lapter — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Walloon: rilaper — to take liquid into the mouth with the tongue
• Bulgarian: плискам (pliskam) — to wash against a surface with a splashing sound
• Finnish: liplattaa — to wash against a surface with a splashing sound
• Hungarian: nyaldos — to wash against a surface with a splashing sound
• Russian: плескаться (pleskatʹsja) — to wash against a surface with a splashing sound