leap

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• /ˈliːp/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈlɪi̯p]
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• /ˈlɛp/ obsolete, up to 19th c.
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• rhymes with -iːp
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• CMU ARPABET: L IY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).

Scottish and English surname, from the noun leap (“basket”). Compare Leeper.

From Middle English lep, from Old English lēap (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“basket”).

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: bissextile — intercalary
• Italian: bisestile — intercalary
• Japanese: 閏 (urū) — intercalary
• Spanish: bisiesto — intercalary
• Azerbaijani: sıçrayış — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Bulgarian: скок (skok) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Catalan: salt — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Czech: skok — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Danish: spring — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Danish: hop — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Dutch: sprong — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Finnish: hyppy — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Finnish: loikka — the act of leaping — see also jump
• French: saut — the act of leaping — see also jump
• French: bond — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Galician: salto — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Galician: pincho — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Galician: chimpo — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Galician: pulo — the act of leaping — see also jump
• German: Sprung — the act of leaping — see also jump
• German: Satz — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Greek: άλμα (álma) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Ancient Greek: πήδημα (pḗdēma) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Ancient Greek: ἅλμα (hálma) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Hindi: कूदना (kūdnā) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Hindi: छलांगना (chalāṅgnā) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Indonesian: lompatan — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Ingrian: hyppy — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Italian: salto — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Japanese: 跳躍 (chōyaku) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Latin: saltus — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Old English: hlīep — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Plautdietsch: Sprunk — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Polish: skok — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Polish: sus — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Portuguese: salto — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Romanian: săltare — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Romanian: salt — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Russian: скачо́к (skačók) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Russian: прыжо́к (pryžók) — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Spanish: salto — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Spanish: brinco — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Swedish: hopp — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Swedish: språng — the act of leaping — see also jump
• Bulgarian: скок (skok) — distance traversed by a leap
• Bulgarian: прескок (preskok) — distance traversed by a leap
• German: Sprungweite — distance traversed by a leap
• Japanese: 跳躍距離 (chōyaku kyori) — distance traversed by a leap
• Polish: skok — distance traversed by a leap
• Portuguese: salto — distance traversed by a leap
• Russian: скачо́к (skačók) — distance traversed by a leap
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — distance traversed by a leap
• Swedish: hopplängd — distance traversed by a leap
• Swedish: språnglängd — distance traversed by a leap
• Azerbaijani: sıçrayış — significant move forward
• Bulgarian: скок (skok) — significant move forward
• Danish: spring — significant move forward
• Danish: hop — significant move forward
• Dutch: sprong — significant move forward
• Finnish: hyppy — significant move forward
• Finnish: hyppäys — significant move forward
• German: Sprung — significant move forward
• German: Satz — significant move forward
• Greek: άλμα (álma) — significant move forward
• Japanese: 飛躍 (hiyaku) — significant move forward
• Japanese: 躍進 (yakushin) — significant move forward
• Polish: krok — significant move forward
• Polish: skok — significant move forward
• Portuguese: salto — significant move forward
• Russian: скачо́к (skačók) — significant move forward
• Russian: ры́во́к (rývók) — significant move forward
• Russian: проры́в (prorýv) — significant move forward
• Russian: прыжо́к (pryžók) — significant move forward
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — significant move forward
• Slovak: skok — significant move forward
• Slovak: pokrok — significant move forward
• Swedish: hopp — significant move forward
• Swedish: språng — significant move forward
• Vietnamese: thành tích — significant move forward
• Vietnamese: tiến bộ — significant move forward
• German: Verwerfung — fault (mining)
• Arabic: وَثَبَ (waṯaba) — to jump — see also jump
• Armenian: թռավ (tʻṙav) — to jump — see also jump
• Armenian: ցատկել (cʻatkel) — to jump — see also jump
• Aromanian: sar — to jump — see also jump
• Aromanian: ansar — to jump — see also jump
• Asturian: saltar — to jump — see also jump
• Basque: saltatu — to jump — see also jump
• Breton: lammat — to jump — see also jump
• Breton: sailhañ — to jump — see also jump
• Bulgarian: скачам (skačam) — to jump — see also jump
• Catalan: saltar — to jump — see also jump
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏔᏕᎦ (alitadega) — to jump — see also jump
• Chinese Mandarin: 跳躍 /跳跃 (tiàoyuè) — to jump — see also jump
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛躍 /飞跃 (fēiyuè) — to jump — see also jump
• Czech: skočit — to jump — see also jump
• Czech: přeskočit — to jump — see also jump
• Danish: springe — to jump — see also jump
• Danish: hoppe — to jump — see also jump
• Dutch: springen — to jump — see also jump
• Dutch: wippen — to jump — see also jump
• Dutch: huppen — to jump — see also jump
• Esperanto: eksalti — to jump — see also jump
• Estonian: hüppama — to jump — see also jump
• Faroese: leypa — to jump — see also jump
• Faroese: hoppa — to jump — see also jump
• Faroese: støkka — to jump — see also jump
• Faroese: springa — to jump — see also jump
• Finnish: loikata — to jump — see also jump
• Finnish: hypätä — to jump — see also jump
• Finnish: ponnahtaa — to jump — see also jump
• French: sauter — to jump — see also jump
• French: bondir — to jump — see also jump
• West-Frisian: springe — to jump — see also jump
• West-Frisian: ljeppe — to jump — see also jump
• Friulian: saltâ — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: brincar — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: choutar — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: pular — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: avantar — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: galgar — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: ralbar — to jump — see also jump
• Galician: pinchar — to jump — see also jump
• Georgian: ხტომა (xṭoma) — to jump — see also jump
• Georgian: ხტუნვა (xṭunva) — to jump — see also jump
• Georgian: ხტუნაობა (xṭunaoba) — to jump — see also jump
• Georgian: ნახტომი (naxṭomi) — to jump — see also jump
• German: springen — to jump — see also jump
• German: einen Satz machen — to jump — see also jump
• German: hüpfen — to jump — see also jump
• Greek: πάλλομαι (pállomai) — to jump — see also jump
• Greek: αναπηδώ (anapidó) — to jump — see also jump
• Greek: ξεπετάγομαι (xepetágomai) — to jump — see also jump
• Greek: πετάγομαι (petágomai) — to jump — see also jump
• Ancient Greek: ἅλλομαι (hállomai) — to jump — see also jump
• Ancient Greek: θρῴσκω (thrōískō) — to jump — see also jump
• Ancient Greek: πηδάω (pēdáō) — to jump — see also jump
• Gujarati: કૂદવું (kūdvũ) — to jump — see also jump
• Gujarati: ઠેકવું (ṭhekvũ) — to jump — see also jump
• Haryanvi: डाक (ḍāk) — to jump — see also jump
• Hebrew: קפץ — to jump — see also jump
• Higaonon: lagso — to jump — see also jump
• Hindi: कूदना (kūdnā) — to jump — see also jump
• Hindi: उछलना (uchalnā) — to jump — see also jump
• Indonesian: lompat — to jump — see also jump
• Indonesian: loncat — to jump — see also jump
• Indonesian: melompat — to jump — see also jump
• Indonesian: meloncat — to jump — see also jump
• Ingrian: hypätä — to jump — see also jump
• Irish: léim — to jump — see also jump
• Italian: saltare — to jump — see also jump
• Japanese: 飛躍する (hiyaku suru) — to jump — see also jump
• Japanese: 跳躍する (chōyaku suru) — to jump — see also jump
• Khmer: បង្គ្រប់ (bangkrob) — to jump — see also jump
• Latin: saliō — to jump — see also jump
• Latin: circumsiliō — to jump — see also jump
• Luxembourgish: sprangen — to jump — see also jump
• Macedonian: отскокнува (otskoknuva) — to jump — see also jump
• Macedonian: скокнува (skoknuva) — to jump — see also jump
• Maltese: qabża — to jump — see also jump
• Māori: peke — to jump — see also jump
• Māori: arawhiti — to jump — see also jump
• Māori: turapa — to jump — see also jump
• Middle English: lepen — to jump — see also jump
• Middle English: spryngen — to jump — see also jump
• Mongolian: харайх (xarajx) — to jump — see also jump
• Mongolian: үсрэх (üsrex) — to jump — see also jump
• Neapolitan: zumpà — to jump — see also jump
• Norwegian: sprang — to jump — see also jump
• Norwegian: hopp — to jump — see also jump
• Norwegian: hoppe — to jump — see also jump
• Occitan: sautar — to jump — see also jump
• Occitan: saltar — to jump — see also jump
• Old English: hlēapan — to jump — see also jump
• Persian: جستن (jastan) — to jump — see also jump
• Persian: سکیزیدن (sekizidan) — to jump — see also jump
• Polish: skakać — to jump — see also jump
• Polish: skoczyć — to jump — see also jump
• Polish: przeskakiwać — to jump — see also jump
• Polish: przeskoczyć — to jump — see also jump
• Portuguese: saltar — to jump — see also jump
• Romanian: sări — to jump — see also jump
• Romanian: sălta — to jump — see also jump
• Russian: скака́ть (skakátʹ) — to jump — see also jump
• Russian: скакну́ть (skaknútʹ) — to jump — see also jump
• Russian: пры́гать (prýgatʹ) — to jump — see also jump
• Russian: пры́гнуть (prýgnutʹ) — to jump — see also jump
• Russian: вска́кивать (vskákivatʹ) — to jump — see also jump
• Sanskrit: प्रवते (pravate) — to jump — see also jump
• Sanskrit: हठति (haṭhati) — to jump — see also jump
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — to jump — see also jump
• Slovak: skočiť — to jump — see also jump
• Slovak: skákať — to jump — see also jump
• Slovak: preskočiť — to jump — see also jump
• Slovak: preskakovať — to jump — see also jump
• Spanish: saltar — to jump — see also jump
• Spanish: brincar — to jump — see also jump
• Swedish: hoppa — to jump — see also jump
• Swedish: springa — to jump — see also jump
• Tagalog: sumibol — to jump — see also jump
• Tagalog: lumukso — to jump — see also jump
• Tagalog: luksuhin — to jump — see also jump
• Tagalog: lumundag — to jump — see also jump
• Tagalog: lundagin — to jump — see also jump
• Tamil: பாய் (pāy) — to jump — see also jump
• Tamil: தாவு (tāvu) — to jump — see also jump
• Thai: เผ่น (pheen) — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: sıçramak — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: zıplamak — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: atlamak — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: hoplamak — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: tüngümek — to jump — see also jump
• Turkish: fırlamak — to jump — see also jump
• Ottoman Turkish: صچرامق (sıçramak) — to jump — see also jump
• Vietnamese: nhảy (lên, qua, ...) — to jump — see also jump
• Walloon: potchî — to jump — see also jump
• Walloon: zoupler — to jump — see also jump
• Walloon: såtler — to jump — see also jump
• Zazaki: tılobyayen — to jump — see also jump
• German: bespringen — to copulate — see also copulate