crepe

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crepe

Wikipedia

• crêpe

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kɹeɪp/, /kɹɛp/

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• Rhymes: -eɪp, -ɛp

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
   • 2009 March 15, Amanda Hesser, “1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers”, in The New York Times‎:

     While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.

   • 2024 October 3, Jamie Donnelly, “A foodie’s guide to Tucson Meet Yourself”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 147, number 277, Tucson, Ariz.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Caliente” section, page 10, column 3:

     Aside from their pierogis, their menu also includes Ukrainian borscht soup, nalysnyky crepes and uzvar, a traditional drink made out of dried fruits and honey.

2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
3. Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
4. Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.

   The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.

5. (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.

• (fabric): crape
• (thin pancake): French pancake
• (rubber): crepe rubber

• crêpe de Chine, crepe de Chine
• crêpe paper

crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)

1. (transitive) To cover in crepe.
2. (transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
3. (transitive) To frizz (the hair).

• CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

crepe

Wikipedia ^da

• krep

Borrowed from French crêpe, Derived from Latin crispus.

• IPA^(key):

crepe n (singular definite crepet, not used in plural form)

1. (textiles, uncountable) thin (cotton) fabric with dense, irregular wrinkles in the lengthwise direction

   Coordinate term: piskesmæld

• crepenylon
• crepe de chine
• crepe georgette

See above.

crepe c (singular definite crepen, plural indefinite crepes)

1. crepe

• “crepe” in Den Danske Ordbog

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

• prece

crepe

1. alternative form of crepen

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crīspus. Doublet of crespo.

• Hyphenation: cre‧pe

crepe m (plural crepes)

1. crepe; crêpe (light fabric with a crinkled surface)
2. crepe; crêpe (French pancake-like pastry)

crepe

1. inflection of crepar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative