"dapper" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdæpə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dapperer [comparative], dapperest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer "bold", Norwegian daper "saddened, dreary"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|daper|t=pretty, neat}} Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), {{der|en|dum|dapper|t=stalwart, nimble}} Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), {{der|en|odt|*dapar}} Old Dutch *dapar, {{der|en|gem-pro|*dapraz|t=stout; solid; heavy; bold}} Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”), {{cog|de|tapfer}} German tapfer, {{m|no|daper}} daper, {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeb-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb-, {{cog|xto|tpär}} Tocharian A tpär, {{m|lv|dàbls}} dàbls, {{m|sh|дебео|tr=dèbeo}} дебео (dèbeo) Head templates: {{en-adj|dapperer}} dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)
  1. Neat, trim. Categories (topical): Appearance, Clothing Translations (neat, trim): спретнат (spretnat) (Bulgarian), 整潔俐落 (Chinese Mandarin), 整洁俐落 (zhěngjié lìluò) (Chinese Mandarin), huoliteltu (Finnish), fringant [masculine] (French), sémillant [masculine] (French), atilado [masculine] (Galician), relambido [masculine] (Galician), nidio [masculine] (Galician), desenxovallado [masculine] (Galician), опря́тный (oprjátnyj) (Russian), аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) (Russian), pulcro (Spanish), atildado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dapper-en-adj-Ju6NJG4s Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Clothing: 50 41 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 30 26 Disambiguation of 'neat, trim': 96 4 0
  2. Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy. Categories (topical): Appearance, Clothing Translations (stylishly or neatly dressed): докаран (dokaran) (Bulgarian), елегантен (eleganten) (Bulgarian), elegant (Catalan), 端莊企理 (Chinese Cantonese), 端庄企理 (Chinese Cantonese), 衣冠楚楚 (yīguānchǔchǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 穿著考究 (chuānzhuó kǎojiu) (Chinese Mandarin), úhledný (Czech), stijlvol (Dutch), elegant (Dutch), chic [masculine] (Dutch), huoliteltu (Finnish), chic (French), aposto [masculine] (Galician), aroso [masculine] (Galician), bemposto [masculine] (Galician), farfantón [masculine] (Galician), elegante (Italian), お洒落 (oshare) (alt: おしゃれ) (Japanese), elegancki [masculine] (Polish), szykowny [masculine] (Polish), elegante (Portuguese), щеголеватый (ščegolevatyj) (Russian), элега́нтный (elegántnyj) (Russian), spaideil (Scottish Gaelic), apuesto (Spanish), gallardo (Spanish), elegante (Spanish), elegant (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dapper-en-adj-Jl9r5ur8 Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 45 5 Disambiguation of Clothing: 50 41 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of 'stylishly or neatly dressed': 18 77 5
  3. Quick; little and active. Translations (quick and active): подвижен (podvižen) (Bulgarian), енергичен (energičen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-dapper-en-adj-a~YS~qZ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of 'quick and active': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dapper Dan, dapperly, dapperness

Inflected forms

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          "word": "aroso"
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        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*dapar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *dapar",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dapraz",
        "t": "stout; solid; heavy; bold"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tapfer"
      },
      "expansion": "German tapfer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "daper"
      },
      "expansion": "daper",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeb-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "tpär"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A tpär",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "dàbls"
      },
      "expansion": "dàbls",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "дебео",
        "tr": "dèbeo"
      },
      "expansion": "дебео (dèbeo)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English daper (“pretty, neat”), from Middle Dutch dapper (“stalwart, nimble”), Old Dutch *dapar, from Proto-Germanic *dapraz (“stout; solid; heavy; bold”) (compare German tapfer \"bold\", Norwegian daper \"saddened, dreary\"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeb- ‘thick, heavy’ (compare Tocharian A tpär ‘high’, Latvian dàbls ‘strong’, Serbo-Croatian дебео (dèbeo) ‘fat’).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dapperer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dapperest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dapperer"
      },
      "expansion": "dapper (comparative dapperer, superlative dapperest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1892, Henry Seton Merriman, The Slave Of The Lamp",
          "text": "This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word \"Modes\" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Neat, trim."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, P. G. Wodehouse, The Man With Two Left Feet",
          "text": "Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Stylishly",
          "stylishly"
        ],
        [
          "spiffy",
          "spiffy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Quick; little and active."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdæpə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapper.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapper.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapper.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapper.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spretnat",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "спретнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "整潔俐落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhěngjié lìluò",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "整洁俐落"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "huoliteltu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fringant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sémillant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atilado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relambido"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nidio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desenxovallado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprjátnyj",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "опря́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "akkurátnyj",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "аккура́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "pulcro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "neat, trim",
      "word": "atildado"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dokaran",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "докаран"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "eleganten",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "елегантен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegant"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "端莊企理"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "端庄企理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīguānchǔchǔ",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "衣冠楚楚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuānzhuó kǎojiu",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "穿著考究"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "úhledný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "stijlvol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "huoliteltu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "chic"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aposto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bemposto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farfantón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おしゃれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshare",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "お洒落"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elegancki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szykowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščegolevatyj",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "щеголеватый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elegántnyj",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "элега́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "spaideil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "apuesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "gallardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stylishly or neatly dressed",
      "word": "elegant"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podvižen",
      "sense": "quick and active",
      "word": "подвижен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "energičen",
      "sense": "quick and active",
      "word": "енергичен"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dapper"
}

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