"atop" meaning in English

See atop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /əˈtɒp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atop.wav
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 /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
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 /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)
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  2. On the top (with of).
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on top, ontop [US, mainly] Derived forms: thereatop
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  "word": "atop"
}

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