Standard Lemma guide

Lapp

adj · name · noun · 6 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Lapp Gold - translation of the Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta which can also be variously translated as "Gold from Lapland", "Lapland Gold" and hence "Lapp Gold"

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language of the Lapp peoples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lappic, Lappish

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Apache web server, PostgreSQL database, and Perl, PHP or Python programming language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, offensive, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sami, Saami, Same, Saame

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Lappic, Lappish

6

noun

Meaning 6

a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

Etymology

From Swedish lapp, possibly of Finnish origin. Compare Finnish Lappi.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: laponský — from Lapland
  • Finnish: lappilainen — from Lapland
  • Finnish: lappalainen — from Lapland
  • Hungarian: lapp — from Lapland
  • Ido: Lapona — from Lapland
  • Ido: Laponiana — from Lapland
  • Irish: Sámach — from Lapland
  • Irish: Laplannach — from Lapland
  • Polish: lapoński — from Lapland
  • Swedish: lappländsk — from Lapland
  • Asturian: lapón — language — see also Sami
  • Finnish: saame — language — see also Sami
  • Finnish: saamen kieli — language — see also Sami
  • Finnish: lappalaiskieli — language — see also Sami
  • German: Lappisch — language — see also Sami
  • Hungarian: lapp — language — see also Sami
  • Ido: Laponiana — language — see also Sami
  • Irish: Sáimis — language — see also Sami
  • Irish: Laplainnis — language — see also Sami
  • Polish: język lapoński — language — see also Sami
  • Swedish: samiska — language — see also Sami
  • Swedish: lapska — language — see also Sami
  • Asturian: lapón — person — see also Sami
  • Asturian: lapona — person — see also Sami
  • Czech: Laponec — person — see also Sami
  • Finnish: saamelainen — person — see also Sami
  • Finnish: lappalainen — person — see also Sami
  • Georgian: ლაპი (laṗi) — person — see also Sami
  • German: Lappe — person — see also Sami
  • Hungarian: lapp — person — see also Sami
  • Ido: Lapono — person — see also Sami
  • Ido: Laponiano — person — see also Sami
  • Irish: Sámach — person — see also Sami
  • Irish: Laplannach — person — see also Sami
  • Polish: Lapończyk — person — see also Sami
  • Polish: Laponka — person — see also Sami
  • Russian: лопарь (loparʹ) — person — see also Sami
  • Swedish: same — person — see also Sami
  • Swedish: lapp — person — see also Sami