"atop" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈtɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atop.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: From a- (“on”) + top. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|top|t1=on}} a- (“on”) + top Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} atop (not comparable)
  1. (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top. Tags: archaic, literary, not-comparable Translations (on, to or at the top): 在……頂上 (Chinese Mandarin), 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng) (Chinese Mandarin), päällä (english: on or at) (Finnish), päälle (english: to) (Finnish), en haut de (French), fent (Hungarian), felül (Hungarian), navrchu (Slovak), navrch (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-atop-en-adv-0i6PgkD7

Preposition

IPA: /əˈtɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atop.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒp Etymology: From a- (“on”) + top. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|top|t1=on}} a- (“on”) + top Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} atop, {{en-prep}} atop
  1. On the top of. Translations (on the top of): فَوْق (fawq) (Arabic), فوق (fooʔ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), a la cima (Catalan), 在……頂上 (Chinese Mandarin), 在……顶上 (zài... dǐng shàng) (Chinese Mandarin), bovenop (Dutch), päällä (Finnish), huipulla (Finnish), au-dessus de (French), en haut de (French), obenauf (German), zuoberst (German), obendrauf [colloquial] (German), ári (Guaraní), के ऊपर (ke ūpar) (Hindi), tetején (Hungarian), in cima (Italian), in cima a (Italian), sopra (Italian), sur (Italian), su (Italian), លើ (ləə) (Khmer), enriva de (Ladino), supra (Latin), áry (Mbyá Guaraní), bikáaʼgi (Navajo), sobre (Portuguese), pata (Quechua), наверху (naverxu) (Russian), atap (Scots), navrchu (Slovak), navrch (Slovak), encima de (Spanish), på toppen av (Swedish), ข้างบน (kâang-bon) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-atop-en-prep-E7iuxVXt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English prepositions, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 48 52 Disambiguation of English locatives: 0 48 52 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 27 51 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 0 53 47 Disambiguation of 'on the top of': 71 29
  2. On the top, with "of".
    Sense id: en-atop-en-prep-ngXuQH4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 48 52 Disambiguation of English locatives: 0 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 0 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on top, ontop [US, mainly] Derived forms: thereatop

Download JSON data for atop meaning in English (10.3kB)

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      "word": "on top"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "mainly"
      ],
      "word": "ontop"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fawq",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "فَوْق"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fooʔ",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "فوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "a la cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "在……頂上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài... dǐng shàng",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "在……顶上"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "bovenop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "päällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "huipulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "au-dessus de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "en haut de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "obenauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "zuoberst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "obendrauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "ári"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ke ūpar",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "के ऊपर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "tetején"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "in cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "in cima a"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "sopra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "su"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ləə",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "លើ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "enriva de"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "supra"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "áry"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "bikáaʼgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "sobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naverxu",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "наверху"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "atap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "navrchu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "navrch"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "encima de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "på toppen av"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâang-bon",
      "sense": "on the top of",
      "word": "ข้างบน"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atop"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English locatives",
    "English prepositions",
    "English terms prefixed with a-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒp",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒp/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "top",
        "t1": "on"
      },
      "expansion": "a- (“on”) + top",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a- (“on”) + top.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "atop (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English literary terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, page 46",
          "text": "He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row, published 1978, page 102",
          "text": "The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 52",
          "text": "Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "On, to, or at the top."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "literary",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈtɒp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atop.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-atop.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-atop.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-atop.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-atop.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "在……頂上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài... dǐng shàng",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "在……顶上"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "on or at",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "päällä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "päälle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "en haut de"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "fent"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "felül"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "navrchu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "on, to or at the top",
      "word": "navrch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atop"
}

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