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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ups
See also
Verb
ups
- third-person singular simple present indicative of up
Etymology 2
Interjection
ups
- Misspelling of oops.
Anagrams
Danish
Interjection
ups
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English oops, reinforced by English borrowings in various languages; compare Danish ups, Dutch oeps, Finnish ups, French oups, German ups, Polish ups, Russian упс (ups) etc.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ups
Usage notes
Used mostly for small or unimportant mistakes. For mistakes of greater consequence, aĥ, ve, and fek (“crap, shit”) are more commonly used.
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of hups.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ups
Synonyms
Further reading
- “ups”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Interjection
ups
Norwegian
Interjection
ups
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
ups
- oops!
Further reading
- ups in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
ups
Romanian
Etymology
Interjection
ups
Spanish
Pronunciation
Interjection
ups
Categories:
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʌps
- Rhymes:English/ʌps/1 syllable
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English verb forms
- English lemmas
- English interjections
- English misspellings
- Danish lemmas
- Danish interjections
- Esperanto terms borrowed from English
- Esperanto terms derived from English
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto interjections
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ups
- Rhymes:Finnish/ups/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish interjections
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German interjections
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian interjections
- Polish onomatopoeias
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ups
- Rhymes:Polish/ups/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish interjections
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese interjections
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
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- Romanian lemmas
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- Spanish 1-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ubs
- Rhymes:Spanish/ubs/1 syllable
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish interjections