# ope
## English
### Etymology 1

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: ōp IPA: /oʊp/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /əʊp/
* Rhymes: -əʊp

#### Interjection

ope
* (US, chiefly Midwestern US) An exclamation of surprise; oops.
    Ope! Sorry about that.
    Ope, let me just squeeze past ya there.
** 2024 January 27, Charlie Berens and Myles Montplaisir, We're Midwesterners:We're Midwesterners. We like long walks through frozen cornfields. Ope! Watch out!

##### Usage notes

Specific to the Midwestern United States, but used elsewhere in American English.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: ōp IPA: /oʊp/
* (UK) IPA: /əʊp/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Adjective

ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)
* (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Open. [from 13th c.]
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […] .
** 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act 5, scene 5, verses 191-192:We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors — I will to bed! — To-morrow —
** [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.

#### Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)
* (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.
** 1842, Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin:There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!
** 2024 September 28, HarryBlank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 29 September 2024:An order asserted itself, and the hoods on the furnaces were oped wide, and a final march was organized. The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility.

#### Noun

ope (plural opes)
* (Cornwall) An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).
    Tonkin's Ope
** 2018 October 4, Lee Trewhela, “The secrets of Truro’s hidden Carne’s Ope unveiled for the first time in 60 years”, in Cornwall Live:It formed part of the extensive network of opes across the city which used to carry dock workers down to the quay for work on the boats in the bustling Port of Truro.
** 2021 June 15, John Husband, A-Z of Truro: Places-People-History, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:Opes / A characteristic that Truro shares with other Cornish towns are the narrow passageways which often form shortcuts between streets. […] These include Roberts Ope, Tippet's Backlet (Tippet was the owner of a fulling mill), Coombe's Lane, Pearson's Ope, Tonkin's Ope, Swifty's Ope, Nalder's Court, Job's Court and Carne's Ope, although this last has now been blocked off by building extensions. Perhaps the most memorable is Squeeze Guts Alley (see separate entry).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Philippines) IPA: /ope/, /ʔope/

#### Noun

ope (uncountable)
* (Philippines, colloquial, slang) Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization

### References

* ↑ Lisa Gutierrez (2017 November 21) “Ope! Are Midwestern people really the only ones who use that word?”, in Kansas City Star‎

### Anagrams

* EPO, EoP, PEO, POE, Poe, peo., poe, poë

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ope/ [o.pe]
* Rhymes: -ope, -e
* Hyphenation: o‧pe

### Etymology 1

From ot- (combining form of ogi (“bread”)) +‎ mehe (“thin”), itself from Proto-Basque *bene.

#### Noun

ope inan
* (rare) flatbread
** c. 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons]‎, Tolosa, published 1850, page 381:Beguiratu zuan Profetac, cer ote zan Aingueruac ecarri ciona, eta ecusi cituan supeco opea bat, eta ura.[Begiratu zuen profetak, zer ote zan aingeruak ekarri ziona, eta ekusi zituan supeko opea bat, eta ura.]The prophet looked, wondering what the angel had brought to him, he saw a piece of flatbread in the oven and water.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Latin opem (“wealth, assistance”).

#### Noun

ope inan
* (obsolete) April
** 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)‎, Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 313:Opeco erlea eneçat, Mayacecoa anajeençat.[Opeko erlea enetzat, maiatzekoa anajeentzat.]The bees of April [are] for me, those of May [are] for my brother.

##### Derived terms

* opeil (“April”)

### Further reading

* “ope”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “ope”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of opettaja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈope/, [ˈo̞pe̞]
* Rhymes: -ope
* Hyphenation: ope

### Noun

ope (colloquial)
* teach, teacher
    Synonyms: opettaja, maikka

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
openi
openi
accusative
nom.
openi
openi
gen.
openi
genitive
openi
opejeni opeini $^{rare}$
partitive
opeani
opejani
inessive
opessani
opeissani
elative
opestani
opeistani
illative
opeeni
opeihini
adessive
opellani
opeillani
ablative
opeltani
opeiltani
allative
opelleni
opeilleni
essive
openani
opeinani
translative
opekseni
opeikseni
abessive
opettani
opeittani
instructive
comitative
—opeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
opesi
opesi
accusative
nom.
opesi
opesi
gen.
opesi
genitive
opesi
opejesi opeisi $^{rare}$
partitive
opeasi
opejasi
inessive
opessasi
opeissasi
elative
opestasi
opeistasi
illative
opeesi
opeihisi
adessive
opellasi
opeillasi
ablative
opeltasi
opeiltasi
allative
opellesi
opeillesi
essive
openasi
opeinasi
translative
opeksesi
opeiksesi
abessive
opettasi
opeittasi
instructive
comitative
—opeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
opemme
opemme
accusative
nom.
opemme
opemme
gen.
opemme
genitive
opemme
opejemme opeimme $^{rare}$
partitive
opeamme
opejamme
inessive
opessamme
opeissamme
elative
opestamme
opeistamme
illative
opeemme
opeihimme
adessive
opellamme
opeillamme
ablative
opeltamme
opeiltamme
allative
opellemme
opeillemme
essive
openamme
opeinamme
translative
opeksemme
opeiksemme
abessive
opettamme
opeittamme
instructive
comitative
—opeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
openne
openne
accusative
nom.
openne
openne
gen.
openne
genitive
openne
opejenne opeinne $^{rare}$
partitive
opeanne
opejanne
inessive
opessanne
opeissanne
elative
opestanne
opeistanne
illative
opeenne
opeihinne
adessive
opellanne
opeillanne
ablative
opeltanne
opeiltanne
allative
opellenne
opeillenne
essive
openanne
opeinanne
translative
opeksenne
opeiksenne
abessive
opettanne
opeittanne
instructive
comitative
—opeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
opensa
opensa
accusative
nom.
opensa
opensa
gen.
opensa
genitive
opensa
opejensa opeinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
opeaan opeansa
opejaan opejansa
inessive
opessaan opessansa
opeissaan opeissansa
elative
opestaan opestansa
opeistaan opeistansa
illative
opeensa
opeihinsa
adessive
opellaan opellansa
opeillaan opeillansa
ablative
opeltaan opeltansa
opeiltaan opeiltansa
allative
opelleen opellensa
opeilleen opeillensa
essive
openaan openansa
opeinaan opeinansa
translative
opekseen opeksensa
opeikseen opeiksensa
abessive
opettaan opettansa
opeittaan opeittansa
instructive
comitative
—opeineen opeinensa :

### Further reading

* “ope”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Latin
### Noun

ope
* ablative singular of ops

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

ope
* neuter singular of open

## Unami
### Verb

ope inan (plural òpeyo)
* third-person singular present active indicative inanimate of ope (“it is white”)

#### Related terms

* òpsu
* òpàn
* wèhènchiopànk
* òpànk

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ope”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project