soap

• sope (obsolete)

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Hindi साबुन (sābun, “soap”), Spanish jabón (“soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”) and sāpō (“soap”). See seep.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /soʊp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səʊp/

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• Rhymes: -əʊp

soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)

1. (uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically

   I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

2. (chemistry) a metallic salt derived from a fatty acid
3. a flattery or excessively complacent conversation
4. (slang) money, specially when used for bribing purposes
5. (countable, informal) A soap opera.

• Sranan Tongo: sopo
• Tok Pisin: sop
• → Bemba: isopo
• → Burmese: ဆပ်ပြာ (hcappra)
  • → Shan: သပ်ႉပျႃႇ (sâ̰p pjàa)
• → Chichewa: sopo
• → Dutch: soap
• → French: soap
• → German: Soap
• → Irish: sópa
• → Malayalam: സോപ്പ് (sōppŭ)
• → Maori: hopi
• → Marshallese: joob
• → Northern Sotho: sesepe
• → Pohnpeian: sohpw
• → Shona: sipo
• → Sotho: sesepa
• → Swazi: sesepa
• → Tamil: சோப்பு (cōppu)

• body wash
• shampoo
• shower gel
• wash-ball

• The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries

soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)

1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

   Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.

2. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.

   Those kids soaped my windows!

3. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
4. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

• (to be discreet about): soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay

• soaper
• saponification

• soap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• AOSP, OAPs, OSAP, Paos, Paso, SOPA, Sapo, poas, sapo-

Borrowed from English soap.

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soap f (plural soaps, diminutive soapje n)

1. soap opera, soap

• opa's

Borrowed from English soap.

• IPA^(key): /sop/

soap m (plural soaps)

1. soap opera, soap

• posa