rapper
See also: Rapper
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæpɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Homophone: wrapper
- Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)
Noun
rapper (plural rappers)
- One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
- (music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
- He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A sword.
- A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
- A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
- (colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.
- (colloquial, dated) A loud oath.
Derived terms
Translations
one who knocks
performer of rap music, or one who raps
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lie
sword
fake sword
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
Noun
rapper c (singular definite rapperen, plural indefinite rappere)
- rapper (practitioner of rap music)
Declension
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rapper | rapperen | rappere | rapperne |
genitive | rappers | rapperens | rapperes | rappernes |
Verb
rapper
- present of rappe
Etymology 2
Verb
rapper
- present of rappe
Dutch
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑpər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rap‧per
- Rhymes: -ɑpər
Adjective
rapper
- comparative degree of rap
Etymology 2
From English rapper. By surface analysis, rappen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛpər/ or as in English
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rap‧per
Noun
rapper m (plural rappers, diminutive rappertje n)
- rapper (performer of rap music)
French
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.pe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
rapper
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- rappeur (more common)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.pœʁ/
Noun
rapper m (plural rappers)
Portuguese
Noun
rapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)
- rapper (hip-hop performer)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English rapper.
Noun
rapper m (plural rapperi)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | rapper | rapperul | rapperi | rapperii | |
genitive-dative | rapper | rapperului | rapperi | rapperilor | |
vocative | rapperule | rapperilor |
Spanish
Alternative forms
- ráper
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English rapper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrapeɾ/ [ˈra.peɾ]
- Rhymes: -apeɾ
Noun
rapper m or f by sense (plural rappers)
- rapper (hip-hop performer)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.