adv · name · noun · verb · 28 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹeɪ̯p/
Australian:/ˈɹæɪ̯p/
Australian:[ˈɹwæ̝ɪ̯p]
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rhymes with -eɪp
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
Quickly; hastily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:rape.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
Overpowerment; utter defeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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5
noun
Meaning 5
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.
Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire. In the 18th century, Edward Lye proposed derivation from Old Norse hreppr (“tract of land”), but this was rejected by the New English Dictionary and is considered "phonologically impossible" by the English Place-Name Society. Others, considering it improbable that the Normans would have adopted a local word, suggest derivation from Old French raper (“take by force”). See Wikipedia for more.
From Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”).
From Middle English rape, from rape (“grape stalk, rasper”), from Old French raper, rasper (“to rasp, scratch”), from Old Frankish *raspōn (“to scratch”), related to Old High German raspōn (“to scrape”), Old English ġehrespan (“to strip, spoil”).
Across languages
Translations
291 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
verkragting
— act of forcing sexual activity
Albanian:
përdhunim
— act of forcing sexual activity
Arabic:
اِغْتِصَاب
(iḡtiṣāb)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Armenian:
բռնաբարություն
(bṙnabarutʻyun)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Assamese:
ধৰ্ষণ
(dhorxon)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Assamese:
বলাৎকাৰ
(bolatkar)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Azerbaijani:
zorlama
— act of forcing sexual activity
Baluchi:
زورزنا
(zorziná)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Basque:
bortxaketa
— act of forcing sexual activity
Belarusian:
згвалтава́нне
(zhvaltavánnje)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Belarusian:
згвалтава́ньне
(zhvaltavánʹnje)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Bengali:
ধর্ষণ
(dhorśon)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Bulgarian:
изнаси́лване
(iznasílvane)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Burmese:
မုဒိမ်း
(mu.dim:)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Catalan:
violació
— act of forcing sexual activity
Cebuano:
paglugos
— act of forcing sexual activity
Chinese Cantonese:
強姦 /强奸
(koeng4 gaan1)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin:
強姦 /强奸
(qiángjiān)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Czech:
znásilnění
— act of forcing sexual activity
Danish:
voldtægt
— act of forcing sexual activity
Dutch:
verkrachting
— act of forcing sexual activity
Esperanto:
seksatenco
— act of forcing sexual activity
Esperanto:
seksperforto
— act of forcing sexual activity
Esperanto:
stupro
— act of forcing sexual activity
Estonian:
vägistamine
— act of forcing sexual activity
Estonian:
vägistus
— act of forcing sexual activity
Faroese:
neyðtøka
— act of forcing sexual activity
Finnish:
raiskaus
— act of forcing sexual activity
Finnish:
väkisinmakaaminen
— act of forcing sexual activity
French:
viol
— act of forcing sexual activity
Galician:
rauso
— act of forcing sexual activity
Galician:
estrupo
— act of forcing sexual activity
Galician:
esforcexo
— act of forcing sexual activity
Georgian:
გაუპატიურება
(gauṗaṭiureba)
— act of forcing sexual activity
German:
Vergewaltigung
— act of forcing sexual activity
German:
Schändung
— act of forcing sexual activity
German:
Notzucht
— act of forcing sexual activity
Greek:
βιασμός
(viasmós)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hebrew:
אֹנֶס
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hebrew:
אונס
('ónes)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hindi:
बलात्कार
(balātkār)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hindi:
धर्षण
(dharṣaṇ)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hindi:
दुष्कर्म
(duṣkarm)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hungarian:
erőszakos közösülés
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hungarian:
megerőszakolás
— act of forcing sexual activity
Hungarian:
nemi erőszak
— act of forcing sexual activity
Icelandic:
nauðgun
— act of forcing sexual activity
Ido:
violaco
— act of forcing sexual activity
Indonesian:
pemerkosaan
— act of forcing sexual activity
Indonesian:
perkosaan
— act of forcing sexual activity
Indonesian:
perogolan
— act of forcing sexual activity
Indonesian:
rudapaksa
— act of forcing sexual activity
Ingrian:
raisata
— act of forcing sexual activity
Interlingua:
stupro
— act of forcing sexual activity
Interlingua:
violation
— act of forcing sexual activity
Irish:
éigniú
— act of forcing sexual activity
Italian:
stupro
— act of forcing sexual activity
Japanese:
強姦
(gōkan)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Japanese:
手込め
(tegome)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Japanese:
レイプ
(reipu)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kashmiri:
بےٚ صدری
(be sdrī)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kashmiri:
ناجأیِز کرُن
(nājạyiz krun)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kazakh:
зорлау
(zorlau)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kazakh:
күштеу
(küşteu)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Khmer:
ការធ្វើបាប
(kaa thvəə baap)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Korean:
강간
(ganggan)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Korean:
성폭행
(seongpokhaeng)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kyrgyz:
зордуктоо
(zorduktoo)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Kyrgyz:
басымчалоо
(basımcaloo)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Lao:
ຂົ່ມຂືນ
(khom khư̄n)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Lao:
ການຂົ່ມຂືນ
(kān khom khư̄n)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Latin:
raptus
— act of forcing sexual activity
Latin:
stuprum
— act of forcing sexual activity
Latin:
illata pudicitiae
— act of forcing sexual activity
Latvian:
izvarošana
— act of forcing sexual activity
Lithuanian:
išprievartavimas
— act of forcing sexual activity
Lithuanian:
išžaginimas
— act of forcing sexual activity
Lithuanian:
seksualinis prievartavimas
— act of forcing sexual activity
Macedonian:
силу́вање
(silúvanje)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Malay:
rogol
— act of forcing sexual activity
Malayalam:
ബലാത്സംഗം
(balātsaṅgaṁ)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Maltese:
stupru
— act of forcing sexual activity
Māori:
pāwhera
— act of forcing sexual activity
Marathi:
बलात्कार
(balātkār)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Mongolian:
хүчин
(xüčin)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Norman:
viol
— act of forcing sexual activity
Norwegian Bokmål:
voldtekt
— act of forcing sexual activity
Norwegian Nynorsk:
valdtekt
— act of forcing sexual activity
Occitan:
viòl
— act of forcing sexual activity
Old English:
nīedhǣmed
— act of forcing sexual activity
Iranian Persian:
تَجاوُز
(tajâvoz)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Iranian Persian:
تَجاوُزِ جِنْسی
(tajâvoz-e jensi)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Polish:
gwałt
— act of forcing sexual activity
Portuguese:
estupro
— act of forcing sexual activity
Portuguese:
violação
— act of forcing sexual activity
Punjabi:
ਜਬਰ ਜ਼ਨਾਹ
(jabar zanāh)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Punjabi:
ਬਲਾਤਕਾਰ
(balātkār)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Romanian:
viol
— act of forcing sexual activity
Russian:
изнаси́лование
(iznasílovanije)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Scottish Gaelic:
èigneachadh
— act of forcing sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
си̏лова̄ње
— act of forcing sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
sȉlovānje
— act of forcing sexual activity
Sindhi:
زوريء زنا
(zoria zana)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Slovak:
znásilnenie
— act of forcing sexual activity
Slovene:
posilstvo
— act of forcing sexual activity
Spanish:
violación
— act of forcing sexual activity
Spanish:
estupro
— act of forcing sexual activity
Spanish:
ultraje
— act of forcing sexual activity
Swahili:
ubakaji
— act of forcing sexual activity
Swedish:
våldtäkt
— act of forcing sexual activity
Tagalog:
panggagahis
— act of forcing sexual activity
Tagalog:
panggagahasa
— act of forcing sexual activity
Tajik:
таҷовуз
(tajovuz)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Tamil:
கற்பழிப்பு
(kaṟpaḻippu)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Telugu:
మానభంగం
(mānabhaṅgaṁ)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Thai:
การข่มขืน
(gaan-kòm-kʉ̌ʉn)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Turkish:
ırza tecavüz
— act of forcing sexual activity
Turkish:
ırza geçme
— act of forcing sexual activity
Turkish:
tecâvüz
— act of forcing sexual activity
Turkish:
göğen
— act of forcing sexual activity
Turkmen:
zorlama
— act of forcing sexual activity
Ukrainian:
зґвалтува́ння
(zgvaltuvánnja)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
زِیَادَتِی
(ziyādatī)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
ریپ
(rep)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
عِصْمَت دَری
('ismat darī)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
آبْرُو ریزی
(ābrū rezī)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
جِنْسی زِیَادَتِی
(jinsī ziyādatī)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Urdu:
زِنَا بِالْجَبْر
(zinā biljabr)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Uyghur:
باسقۇنچىلىق
(basqunchiliq)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Uzbek:
zoʻrlash
— act of forcing sexual activity
Vietnamese:
cưỡng hiếp
— act of forcing sexual activity
Vietnamese:
hiếp dâm
— act of forcing sexual activity
Vietnamese:
hãm hiếp
— act of forcing sexual activity
Welsh:
trais
— act of forcing sexual activity
Yiddish:
פֿאַרגעוואַלדיקונג
(fargevaldikung)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Yiddish:
שענדונג
(shendung)
— act of forcing sexual activity
Yoruba:
fi ipá bá obìnrin lò
— act of forcing sexual activity