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• /luːp/
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• rhymes with -uːp
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• homophone: loupe
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From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lak — length of thread, line or rope
• Arabic: عُرْوَة (ʕurwa) — length of thread, line or rope
• Arabic: عُقْدَة (ʕuqda) — length of thread, line or rope
• Armenian: օղակ (ōġak) — length of thread, line or rope
• Azerbaijani: ilgək — length of thread, line or rope
• Azerbaijani: ilmək — length of thread, line or rope
• Belarusian: пятля́ (pjatljá) — length of thread, line or rope
• Bulgarian: клуп (klup) — length of thread, line or rope
• Burmese: ကွင်း (kwang:) — length of thread, line or rope
• Chinese Mandarin: 圈 (quān) — length of thread, line or rope
• Chinese Mandarin: 環 /环 (huán) — length of thread, line or rope
• Czech: smyčka — length of thread, line or rope
• Danish: løkke — length of thread, line or rope
• Dutch: lus — length of thread, line or rope
• Dutch: strop — length of thread, line or rope
• Esperanto: maŝo — length of thread, line or rope
• Estonian: silmus — length of thread, line or rope
• Finnish: silmukka — length of thread, line or rope
• French: boucle — length of thread, line or rope
• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži) — length of thread, line or rope
• German: Schlaufe — length of thread, line or rope
• German: Schlinge — length of thread, line or rope
• Greek: θηλιά (thiliá) — length of thread, line or rope
• Greek: βρόχος (vróchos) — length of thread, line or rope
• Hindi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — length of thread, line or rope
• Hungarian: hurok — length of thread, line or rope
• Icelandic: hanki — length of thread, line or rope
• Icelandic: lykkja — length of thread, line or rope
• Irish: dol — length of thread, line or rope
• Italian: cappio — length of thread, line or rope
• Japanese: ループ (rūpu) — length of thread, line or rope
• Kazakh: тұзақ (tūzaq) — length of thread, line or rope
• Khmer: ក្រវិល (krɑɑvəl) — length of thread, line or rope
• Korean: 고리 (gori) — length of thread, line or rope
• Kyrgyz: тузак (tuzak) — length of thread, line or rope
• Kyrgyz: илмек (ilmek) — length of thread, line or rope
• Lao: ບ້ວງ (būang) — length of thread, line or rope
• Latvian: cilpa — length of thread, line or rope
• Lithuanian: kilpa — length of thread, line or rope
• Macedonian: јамка (jamka) — length of thread, line or rope
• Māori: paeke — length of thread, line or rope
• Māori: koru — length of thread, line or rope
• Māori: koropewa — length of thread, line or rope
• Mongolian: гогцоо (gogcoo) — length of thread, line or rope
• Norwegian Bokmål: løkke — length of thread, line or rope
• Iranian Persian: حَلْقِه (halġe) — length of thread, line or rope
• Polish: pętla — length of thread, line or rope
• Portuguese: laço — length of thread, line or rope
• Romanian: buclă — length of thread, line or rope
• Russian: пе́тля (pétlja) — length of thread, line or rope
• Russian: петля́ (petljá) — length of thread, line or rope
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — length of thread, line or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏тља — length of thread, line or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅtlja — length of thread, line or rope
• Slovak: slučka — length of thread, line or rope
• Slovene: zanka — length of thread, line or rope
• Southern Altai: илгиш (ilgiš) — length of thread, line or rope
• Southern Altai: илмек (ilmek) — length of thread, line or rope
• Southern Altai: илби (ilbi) — length of thread, line or rope
• Southern Altai: топчыныҥ тыжы (topčïnïŋ tïžï) — length of thread, line or rope
• Spanish: lazo — length of thread, line or rope
• Spanish: lazada — length of thread, line or rope
• Spanish: gaza — length of thread, line or rope
• Spanish: recodo — length of thread, line or rope
• Swedish: ögla — length of thread, line or rope
• Tajik: ҳалқа (halqa) — length of thread, line or rope
• Thai: บ่วง (bùuang) — length of thread, line or rope
• Turkish: ilik — length of thread, line or rope
• Ottoman Turkish: ایلیك (ilik) — length of thread, line or rope
• Turkmen: halka — length of thread, line or rope
• Ukrainian: петля́ (petljá) — length of thread, line or rope
• Urdu: کُنْڈَلی (kunḍalī) — length of thread, line or rope
• Urdu: کُنْڈْلی (kunḍlī) — length of thread, line or rope
• Uyghur: ھالقا (halqa) — length of thread, line or rope
• Uzbek: halqa — length of thread, line or rope
• Vietnamese: đường nhánh — length of thread, line or rope
• Vietnamese: thòng lọng — length of thread, line or rope
• Azerbaijani: ilgək — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Belarusian: пятля́ (pjatljá) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Catalan: bocle — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 循環 /循环 (xúnhuán) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 環 /环 (huán) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Danish: løkke — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Estonian: aas — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Finnish: silmukka — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• French: boucle — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• German: Schlaufe — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• German: Schleife — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Greek: θηλιά (thiliá) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Greek: βρόχος (vróchos) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Hungarian: hurok — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Icelandic: lykkja — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Indonesian: gelung — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Indonesian: simpal — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Italian: passante — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Japanese: 輪 (wa) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Japanese: ループ (rūpu) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Latvian: cilpa — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Māori: koropewa — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Māori: koropiko — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Māori: paeke — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Polish: pętla — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Portuguese: laço — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Russian: пе́тля (pétlja) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Russian: петля́ (petljá) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏тља — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅtlja — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Southern Altai: илгиш (ilgiš) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Southern Altai: илмек (ilmek) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Southern Altai: илби (ilbi) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Southern Altai: топчыныҥ тыжы (topčïnïŋ tïžï) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Southern Altai: сӱретме (süretme) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Spanish: lazo — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Spanish: recodo — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Spanish: vuelta — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Spanish: círculo — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Spanish: bucle — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Swedish: ögla — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Turkish: döngü — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Ukrainian: петля́ (petljá) — shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
• Finnish: silmukka — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• German: Endlosschleife — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Italian: riccio — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Portuguese: fita — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Russian: пе́тля (pétlja) — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Russian: петля́ (petljá) — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Spanish: rizo — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Spanish: círculo — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Spanish: bucle infinito — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Spanish: cinta infinita — endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition
• Bulgarian: вери́га (veríga) — complete circuit for an electric current
• Bulgarian: конту́р (kontúr) — complete circuit for an electric current
• Danish: strømkreds — complete circuit for an electric current
• Esperanto: fermita cirkvito — complete circuit for an electric current
• Esperanto: cirkvito — complete circuit for an electric current
• Finnish: silmukka — complete circuit for an electric current
• French: circuit fermé — complete circuit for an electric current
• Georgian: წრედი (c̣redi) — complete circuit for an electric current
• German: Stromkreis — complete circuit for an electric current
• German: geschlossener Stromkreis — complete circuit for an electric current
• Greek: πλήρες ηλεκτρικό κύκλωμα (plíres ilektrikó kýkloma) — complete circuit for an electric current
• Italian: anello — complete circuit for an electric current
• Portuguese: circuito — complete circuit for an electric current
• Russian: цепь (cepʹ) — complete circuit for an electric current
• Russian: схе́ма (sxéma) — complete circuit for an electric current
• Spanish: circuito cerrado — complete circuit for an electric current
• Swedish: sluten krets — complete circuit for an electric current
• Swedish: krets — complete circuit for an electric current
• Tagalog: likaw — complete circuit for an electric current
• Catalan: bucle — programmed sequence of instructions
• Catalan: cicle — programmed sequence of instructions
• Czech: cyklus — programmed sequence of instructions
• Dutch: lus — programmed sequence of instructions
• Dutch: herhaling — programmed sequence of instructions
• Dutch: repetitie — programmed sequence of instructions
• Finnish: silmukka — programmed sequence of instructions
• French: boucle — programmed sequence of instructions
• Galician: bucle — programmed sequence of instructions
• Georgian: ციკლი (ciḳli) — programmed sequence of instructions
• German: Schleife — programmed sequence of instructions
• Greek: βρόχος (vróchos) — programmed sequence of instructions
• Hungarian: ciklus — programmed sequence of instructions
• Macedonian: циклус (ciklus) — programmed sequence of instructions
• Polish: pętla — programmed sequence of instructions
• Portuguese: ciclo — programmed sequence of instructions
• Portuguese: laço — programmed sequence of instructions
• Portuguese: loop — programmed sequence of instructions
• Russian: цикл (cikl) — programmed sequence of instructions
• Spanish: ciclo — programmed sequence of instructions
• Spanish: bucle — programmed sequence of instructions
• Turkish: döngü — programmed sequence of instructions
• Finnish: silmukka — edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph
• French: boucle — edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph
• German: Schlaufe — edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph
• Kazakh: ілмек (ılmek) — edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph
• Spanish: lazo — edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph
• Finnish: silmukka — topology: path that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: lazo — topology: path that starts and ends at the same point
• Danish: ringvej — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Danish: ring — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Finnish: ympyräreitti — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• French: boucle — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• German: Rundweg — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• German: Ring — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• German: Ringstraße — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• German: Gürtel — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: vuelta — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: anillo vial — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: anillo — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: ronda — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Spanish: circunvalación — transportation route that starts and ends at the same point
• Finnish: luuppi — quasigroup with an identity element
• German: Loop — quasigroup with an identity element
• Spanish: bucle — quasigroup with an identity element
• Bulgarian: спира́ла (spirála) — loop-shaped intrauterine device
• Finnish: kierukka — loop-shaped intrauterine device
• Greek: ενδοκολπικό διάφραγμα (endokolpikó diáfragma) — loop-shaped intrauterine device
• Italian: spirale — loop-shaped intrauterine device
• Russian: спира́ль (spirálʹ) — loop-shaped intrauterine device
• Bulgarian: лу́пинг (lúping) — aircraft maneuver
• Estonian: surmasõlm — aircraft maneuver
• Finnish: silmukka — aircraft maneuver
• French: boucle — aircraft maneuver
• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži) — aircraft maneuver
• German: Looping — aircraft maneuver
• Italian: cerchio della morte — aircraft maneuver
• Italian: giro della morte — aircraft maneuver
• Portuguese: looping — aircraft maneuver
• Portuguese: loop — aircraft maneuver
• Russian: мёртвая пе́тля (mjórtvaja pétlja) — aircraft maneuver
• Russian: мёртвая петля́ (mjórtvaja petljá) — aircraft maneuver
• Spanish: looping — aircraft maneuver
• Spanish: rizo — aircraft maneuver
• Swedish: looping — aircraft maneuver
• Finnish: silmukka — flexible region in a protein's secondary structure
• Finnish: muodostaa silmukka — transitive: to form into a loop
• Māori: niko — transitive: to form into a loop
• Māori: whakakōpeti — transitive: to form into a loop
• Finnish: köyttää — to fasten or encircle with a rope
• Māori: takaore — to fasten or encircle with a rope
• Māori: niko — to fasten or encircle with a rope
• Māori: pōkuru — to fasten or encircle with a rope
• Ottoman Turkish: ایلیكلمك (iliklemek) — to fasten or encircle with a rope
• Māori: niko — transitive: to move in a loop
• Finnish: jumittaa — to create an endless loop in a computer program
• Polish: zapętlać — to create an endless loop in a computer program
• Polish: zapętlić — to create an endless loop in a computer program
• Portuguese: repetir (programa) — to create an endless loop in a computer program
• Finnish: jumittaa — to create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop
• Finnish: muodostua silmukaksi — intransitive: to form a loop
• Ido: kurveskar — intransitive: to form a loop