saper

• saber
• sabre (Ribagorzan)

Inherited from Latin sapere (“taste, know”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈpe(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: sa‧per
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

saper

1. to know

• “saber”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

• IPA^(key): /sa.pe/

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Borrowed from Italian zappare (“to hoe”).

saper

1. (transitive) to sap, do sapping work on (to subvert by digging)
2. (transitive, figurative) to erode, wear down, undermine
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères; republished as Lydia Davis, transl., 2010:

     Il établissait des comparaisons entre les écoles primaires et les frères ignorantins, au détriment de ces derniers, rappelait la Saint-Barthélemy à propos d'une allocation de cent francs faite à l'église, et dénonçait des abus, lançait des boutades. C'était son mot. Homais sapait; il devenait dangereux.

     He drew comparisons between the primary schools and the Ignorantine friars, to the detriment of the latter, recalled Saint Bartholomew's Day in connection with an allocation of a hundred francs to the church, denounced abuses, and hurled witticisms. That was his word for it. Homais was undermining the foundations; he was becoming dangerous.

• sapeur

Unknown.

saper

1. (informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe, Africa) to dress

   Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.

   That guy is always well-dressed.

saper

1. (transitive, informal, Quebec) to eat or chew noisily
2. (transitive, informal, Quebec) to slurp

From sape, from Latin sappa. Compare Italian zappare, Friulian sapâ, Venetan sapar, Romanian săpa.

saper

1. (agriculture) to harvest or reap forage or cereals with a small scythe

• sape

• “saper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• après, âpres, épars, pares, parés, râpes, râpés, repas

• IPA^(key): /saˈper/

saper

1. to know

saper (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of sapere

• Serpa, Sprea, aspre, parse, persa, presa, presà, raspe, serpa, spare, spera

Borrowed from French sapeur, from Middle French sappeur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pɛr/

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• Rhymes: -apɛr
• Syllabification: sa‧per

saper m pers (female equivalent saperka, related adjective saperski)

1. combat engineer, sapper

• “saper”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “saper”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

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saper

1. (Eastern dialect) flying fox, fruit bat

• sapur (Western dialect)