canapé

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See also: canape, Canapé, and canapè

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

canapé (plural canapés)

  1. An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
  2. A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.
    • 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 29:
      Oliver was sitting on the edge of the canapé, swinging one leg over the other; and he stopped abruptly and stared, and then sank back, laughing softly to himself.

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Catalan

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of canapè

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Attested since the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.naːˈpeː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés, diminutive canapeetje n)

  1. canapé (food)
  2. canapé (furniture)
    • 1966 [1951], Annie M.G. Schmidt, “Tante Trui en Tante Toosje [Aunt Trui and Aunt Toosje]”, in De spin Sebastiaan [Sebastian the Spider]‎, Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, page 57:
      't Water steeg en bleef maar stijgen / en de hele kanapee / ging toen langzaam aan het drijven / en de tantes dreven mee.
      The water rose and kept rising / and the entire canapé / slowly went afloat / and the aunts floated along with it.

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of canōpēum (mosquito net)), itself from Latin cōnōpēum (seat with a canopy), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from κώνωψ (kṓnōps, mosquito). Cognate with English canopy.

Pronunciation

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

  1. sofa
  2. piece of bread covered with some savory (finger) food
  3. nibble (small bits of food, e.g. at a party)

Derived terms

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
  • H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French canapé, from Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of canōpēum (mosquito net)), itself from Latin cōnōpēum (seat with a canopy), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from κώνωψ (kṓnōps, mosquito).

Noun

canapé

  1. (cooking) canapé: an hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

  1. canapé (a bite-size slice open-faced sandwich)
  2. canapé (a type of elegant sofa)

References

  1. ^ canapé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ canapé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanaˈpe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ca‧na‧pé

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

  1. canapé (food)
  2. canapé (furniture)
  3. snack food

Descendants

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