The flatboat carrying the two silent men went on gliding atop the dark waters as the moonlit night slowly wore on.
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Atop
//əˈtɒp//
Synonyms for "atop" (10 found)
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Translations
44 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- فوق prep (on the top of)
- فَوْق prep (on the top of)
Catalan
1 entries- a la cima prep (on the top of)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 在……頂上 /在……顶上 adv (on, to or at the top)
- 在……頂上 /在……顶上 prep (on the top of)
Dutch
1 entries- bovenop prep (on the top of)
Esperanto
1 entries- sur prep (on the top of)
Finnish
4 entries- päälle adv (on, to or at the top)
- päällä adv (on, to or at the top)
- huipulla prep (on the top of)
- päällä prep (on the top of)
French
3 entries- en haut de adv (on, to or at the top)
- au-dessus de prep (on the top of)
- en haut de prep (on the top of)
German
3 entries- obenauf prep (on the top of)
- obendrauf prep (on the top of)
- zuoberst prep (on the top of)
Hindi
1 entries- के ऊपर prep (on the top of)
Hungarian
3 entries- felül adv (on, to or at the top)
- fent adv (on, to or at the top)
- tetején prep (on the top of)
Irish
1 entries- ar bharr prep (on the top of)
Italian
4 entries- in cima prep (on the top of)
- in cima a prep (on the top of)
- sopra prep (on the top of)
- su prep (on the top of)
Khmer
1 entries- លើ prep (on the top of)
Ladino
1 entries- enriva de prep (on the top of)
Latin
1 entries- supra prep (on the top of)
Navajo
1 entries- bikáaʼgi prep (on the top of)
Polish
2 entries- na wierzchu adv (on, to or at the top)
- na prep (on the top of)
Portuguese
1 entries- sobre prep (on the top of)
Quechua
1 entries- pata prep (on the top of)
Russian
1 entries- наверху prep (on the top of)
Scots
1 entries- atap prep (on the top of)
Slovak
4 entries- navrch adv (on, to or at the top)
- navrchu adv (on, to or at the top)
- navrch prep (on the top of)
- navrchu prep (on the top of)
Spanish
1 entries- encima de prep (on the top of)
Swedish
1 entries- på toppen av prep (on the top of)
Thai
1 entries- ข้างบน prep (on the top of)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The woman is atop the table.
Source: tatoeba (1438143)
I admire the view of the entire city atop the Ferris wheel.
Source: tatoeba (2759105)
The eagle perched atop the cliff, scanning the valley spread out beneath it.
Source: tatoeba (3764946)
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