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Mops
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Appendix:Variations of "mops"
Translingual
thumb|Specimen of Mops condylurus species.
Etymology
mul :der nl:mops 1
mul nl mops pug, due to the similarities in their facial structures. mul Q318217 1842.
Pronunciation
English: mŏps
en RP /mɒps/
en US /mɑps/
en ɒps 1
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Molossidae certain bats
subgenus family Molossidae Mops (Mops) subgenus
Derived terms
mul Allomops genus Cabreramops genus Cynomops genus Eumops genus Nyctinomops genus Otomops genus Ozimops genus Platymops genus (Neoplatymops genus) Promops genus
References
Mops (bat)
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mul Bats
German
Pronunciation
de /mɔps/
de De-Mops.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de nl mops pug. Further origin unsettled. Possibly a malicious use of nl mop German; Fritz; Kraut, an early variant of nl mof. Alternatively from nl mopperen to grumble, earlier also nl moppen, to which compare regional de möppern. The latter is plausible given the seemingly grumpy face of the dog.
Noun
m,,^e
pug dog
de colloquial chubby person
de colloquial chiefly in the plural boob; tit woman’s breast
1985, John Irving (translator anonymous), Laßt die Bären los! (original title: Setting Free the Bears, 1968), reprinted 2013, Diogenes Verlag AG, 9783257601268, p. 39:
de de »Mein linker Mops juckt«, flüsterte sie. »Ich habe eine Wagenladung Erde im BH.« “My left boob’s itchy,” she whispered. “There’s a truckload of ground in my bra.”
de Ist das keine Verstümmelung, wenn mann die Brüste/den Busen einer Frau als »Möpse« bezeichnet? Isn't that an act of maltreatment/mutilation if you call a woman's breasts "boobs"?
de "Die gefallene Madonna mit den prallen Möpsen" des Malers Van Klomp, die nun von Adolf Hitler gesucht wird. "The fallen Madonna with the big boobies" by the artist Van Klomp, that Hitler's looking for
Declension
m,,^e
Derived terms
de mopsen Mopsfledermaus mopsig Rollmops
Etymology 2
Noun
de noun form
de Mop
de Mop gen s
Further reading
de Dogs