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From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet”), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (“cup, bowl, goblet”)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull. More at nap.

From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth”), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet”), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel”). More at map, apron. Doublet of map, mop, and nappe.

Short for napalm.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: agterkop — back part of the neck
• Afrikaans: nek — back part of the neck
• Albanian: zverk — back part of the neck
• Albanian: arç — back part of the neck
• Arabic: قَفًا (qafan) — back part of the neck
• Arabic: قفا (ʔafā) — back part of the neck
• Arabic: قَفا (gafa) — back part of the neck
• Armenian: ծոծրակ (cocrak) — back part of the neck
• Assamese: ঘাৰ (ghar) — back part of the neck
• Azerbaijani: ənsə — back part of the neck
• West Coast Bajau: buli' kelong — back part of the neck
• Bashkir: елкә (yelkə) — back part of the neck
• Belarusian: паты́ліца (patýlica) — back part of the neck
• Bau Bidayuh: punguo — back part of the neck
• Central Bikol: luong — back part of the neck
• Bulgarian: тил (til) — back part of the neck
• Catalan: bescoll — back part of the neck
• Catalan: nuca — back part of the neck
• Catalan: clatell — back part of the neck
• Cebuano: tangkugo — back part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 項 /项 (xiàng) — back part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 脖頸兒 /脖颈儿 (bógěngr) — back part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 脖頸 /脖颈 (bójǐng) — back part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 頸背 /颈背 (jǐngbèi) — back part of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 後頸 /后颈 (hòujǐng) — back part of the neck
• Chuvash: ӗнсе (ĕns̬e) — back part of the neck
• Coptic: ϧⲁϧ (xax) — back part of the neck
• Czech: zátylek — back part of the neck
• Czech: šíje — back part of the neck
• Czech: týl — back part of the neck
• Danish: nakke — back part of the neck
• Dhivehi: ކަނދުރާ (kandurā) — back part of the neck
• Dhivehi: ކަނދަރަ (kandara) — back part of the neck
• Central Dusun: tipus — back part of the neck
• Dutch: nek — back part of the neck
• Esperanto: nuko — back part of the neck
• Faroese: nakki — back part of the neck
• Finnish: niska — back part of the neck
• French: nuque — back part of the neck
• Gagauz: ensä — back part of the neck
• Galician: caluga — back part of the neck
• Galician: brouca — back part of the neck
• Galician: cachazo — back part of the neck
• Galician: carrolo — back part of the neck
• Galician: covaracha — back part of the neck
• Galician: noca — back part of the neck
• Georgian: ქედი (kedi) — back part of the neck
• Georgian: კეფა (ḳepa) — back part of the neck
• German: Nacken — back part of the neck
• German: Genick — back part of the neck
• Greek: σβέρκος (svérkos) — back part of the neck
• Greek: αυχένας (afchénas) — back part of the neck
• Hebrew: עֹרֶף ('óref) — back part of the neck
• Hiligaynon: tangkugo — back part of the neck
• Hindi: गुद्दी (guddī) — back part of the neck
• Hindi: मन्या (manyā) — back part of the neck
• Hindi: क़फ़ा (qafā) — back part of the neck
• Hungarian: tarkó — back part of the neck
• Hungarian: nyakszirt — back part of the neck
• Hungarian: tocok — back part of the neck
• Icelandic: hnakki — back part of the neck
• Indonesian: kuduk — back part of the neck
• Indonesian: tengkuk — back part of the neck
• Ingrian: niska — back part of the neck
• Iranun: tengu' — back part of the neck
• Irish: baic — back part of the neck
• Italian: nuca — back part of the neck
• Italian: coppa — back part of the neck
• Japanese: 項 (unaji) — back part of the neck
• Japanese: 襟首 (erikubi) — back part of the neck
• Kabuverdianu: totis — back part of the neck
• Kalmyk: гиҗг (gijg) — back part of the neck
• Kapampangan: tundun — back part of the neck
• Kazakh: желке (jelke) — back part of the neck
• Kimaragang: tipus — back part of the neck
• Kinaray-a: tangkëgë — back part of the neck
• Korean: 목덜미 (mokdeolmi) — back part of the neck
• Northern Kurdish: patik — back part of the neck
• Ladino: piskueso — back part of the neck
• Latin: nucha — back part of the neck
• Livonian: kir — back part of the neck
• Lotud: tipus — back part of the neck
• Lotud: ipus — back part of the neck
• Low German: Nack — back part of the neck
• Macedonian: тил (til) — back part of the neck
• Malay: tengkuk — back part of the neck
• Malay: nuka — back part of the neck
• Northern Mansi: сё̄при (sjōpri) — back part of the neck
• Māori: porongāua — back part of the neck
• Māori: ue — back part of the neck
• Māori: mōua — back part of the neck
• Māori: porongāue — back part of the neck
• Māori: ua — back part of the neck
• Maranao: tengo' — back part of the neck
• Mongolian: хүзүү (xüzüü) — back part of the neck
• Tagal Murut: ipus — back part of the neck
• Norwegian: nakke — back part of the neck
• Norwegian Bokmål: hals — back part of the neck
• Norwegian Bokmål: nakke — back part of the neck
• Occitan: copet — back part of the neck
• Occitan: cogòt — back part of the neck
• Occitan: nuca — back part of the neck
• Old Prussian: passoles — back part of the neck
• Piedmontese: nuca — back part of the neck
• Plautdietsch: Schlafitje — back part of the neck
• Polish: kark — back part of the neck
• Portuguese: nuca — back part of the neck
• Portuguese: cangote — back part of the neck
• Punjabi: ਧੌਣ (dhauṇ) — back part of the neck
• Punjabi: ਗਿੱਚੀ (giccī) — back part of the neck
• Punjabi: دَھوݨ (dhauṇ) — back part of the neck
• Punjabi: گِچّی (giccī) — back part of the neck
• Quechua: much'u — back part of the neck
• Romanian: ceafă — back part of the neck
• Romanian: grumaz — back part of the neck
• Romanian: cerbice — back part of the neck
• Rungus: ipus — back part of the neck
• Russian: заты́лок (zatýlok) — back part of the neck
• Russian: за́дняя часть ше́и (zádnjaja častʹ šéi) — back part of the neck
• Russian: загри́вок (zagrívok) — back part of the neck
• Sabah Bisaya: ipus — back part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: затиљак — back part of the neck
• Serbo-Croatian: zatiljak — back part of the neck
• Sicilian: cozzu — back part of the neck
• Slovak: zátylok — back part of the neck
• Slovak: šija — back part of the neck
• Slovene: zatilje — back part of the neck
• Spanish: nuca — back part of the neck
• Spanish: cogote — back part of the neck
• Spanish: colodrillo — back part of the neck
• Spanish: tolano — back part of the neck
• Spanish: cocote — back part of the neck
• Sranan Tongo: bakaneki — back part of the neck
• Swahili: kisogo — back part of the neck
• Swedish: nacke — back part of the neck
• Tagalog: batok — back part of the neck
• Tamil: பிடரி (piṭari) — back part of the neck
• Tamil: பின்னந்தலை (piṉṉantalai) — back part of the neck
• Tamil: பொடனி (poṭaṉi) — back part of the neck
• Tarifit: ijem — back part of the neck
• Tarifit: ijiman — back part of the neck
• Tausug: pugay — back part of the neck
• Thai: ต้นคอ (dtôn-kɔɔ) — back part of the neck
• Tocharian B: krāñi — back part of the neck
• Turkish: ense — back part of the neck
• Ottoman Turkish: اكسه (eñse) — back part of the neck
• Ottoman Turkish: قفا (kafâ) — back part of the neck
• Turkmen: ýeňse — back part of the neck
• Ukrainian: поти́лиця (potýlycja) — back part of the neck
• Ukrainian: заши́йок (zašýjok) — back part of the neck
• Vietnamese: gáy — back part of the neck
• Vietnamese: ót — back part of the neck
• Volapük: nük — back part of the neck
• Welsh: gwar — back part of the neck
• Welsh: gwegil — back part of the neck
• Yakut: кэтэх (keteq) — back part of the neck
• Yiddish: נאַקן (nakn) — back part of the neck
• Zazaki: mıl (diq) — back part of the neck