"neap tide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈniːpˌtaɪd/, /ˈnɪpˌtaɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-neap tide.wav [US] Forms: neap tides [plural]
Etymology: From neap + tide. Compare Danish niptid (“neap tide”), German Nipptide (“neap tide”), Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|neap|tide|nocat=1}} neap + tide, {{cog|da|niptid|t=neap tide}} Danish niptid (“neap tide”), {{cog|de|Nipptide|t=neap tide}} German Nipptide (“neap tide”), {{cog|ang|nēpflōd|t=neap tide}} Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} neap tide (plural neap tides)
  1. The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide. Categories (topical): Oceanography, Tides Translations (tide which occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter): dooie gety (Afrikaans), ayaay (Bikol Central), marea morta [feminine] (Catalan), marea de quadratura [feminine] (Catalan), doodtij [neuter] (Dutch), vajaavuoksi (Finnish), marée de morte eau [feminine] (French), Nippflut [feminine] (German), Nipptide [feminine] (German), χαμηλή παλίρροια (chamilí palírroia) [feminine] (Greek), pasang perbani (Indonesian), pasang mati (Indonesian), mallmhuir [feminine] (Irish), pasang-surut anak (Malay), traaie [feminine] (Manx), tai kōwā (Maori), tai kōwāwā (Maori), taitai ririki (Maori), tai ninihi (Maori), morte-ieau [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), nippflo [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), maré de quadratura [feminine] (Portuguese), maré de quarto [feminine] (Portuguese), maré de águas mortas [feminine] (Portuguese), отлив (otliv) [masculine] (Russian), малая вода (malaja voda) [feminine] (Russian), conntraigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), llanw isel [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-neap_tide-en-noun-iGstlStN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malaja voda",
      "sense": "tide which occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "малая вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "tide which occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conntraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tide which occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llanw isel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neap tide"
}

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