kanapé

Danish

Alternative forms

• kanape, canapé, canape

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanape/, or IPA^(key): /kanapeː/,

Noun

kanapé c (singular definite kanapéen, plural indefinite kanapéer)

1. canapé (a bite size slice open-faced sandwich; elegent sofa)

Inflection

Hungarian

Etymology

From French canapé via German Kanapee.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
• Rhymes: -peː

Noun

kanapé (plural kanapék)

1. canapé (elegant sofa)
2. canapé (an open-faced sandwich)

Declension

Further reading

• kanapé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Alternative forms

• kanape

Etymology

From French canapé (“sofa; nibble”), from Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of Latin canōpēum (“mosquito net”)), itself from cōnōpēum (“seat with a canopy”), from κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈpeː/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
• Homophone: kanape

Noun

kanapé m (definite singular kanapéen or kanapeen, indefinite plural kanapéer or kanapeer, definite plural kanapéene or kanapeene)

1. (furniture) a canapé (older type of upholstered sofa with a back, armrests and 6-8 legs, shaped like several continuous chairs)
   • 1861, Camilla Collett, Fortællinger, page 19:

     hun [sank] om paa kanapeen. Jeg rendte forstyrret omkring for at finde hendes lugtedaase

     she on the canapé. I ran around confused to find her scent box

   • 1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger I, page 6:

     ikke før var pastoren kommet tilsæde paa kanapéen inde i stuen og ordre givet til den varme punsch, før han krammede ud med sine nyheder

     not before had the pastor sat down on the canapé inside the living room and given orders for the hot punch before he hugged out with his news

   • (Can we date this quote?), Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden III, page 22:
   • 2002, Ragnhild Nilstun, For kjærlighets skyld:

     det meste av dagen halvt satt han på kanapéen ved det åpne vinduet

     most of the day he sat on the canapé by the open window

2. a canapé (an hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.)
   • 1987, Dag Solstad, Roman 1987, page 67:

     kanapéer lå på sølvfat i lange rekker

     canapés lay on silver platters in long rows

   • 2005, Jan Kjærstad, Kongen av Europa:

     hun grabbet til seg en håndfull kanapeer på veien, kniste, rakte ham én

     she grabbed a handful of canapés on the road, giggled, handed him one

Derived terms

• kanapébord (“canapé table”)

References

• “kanapé” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kanapé” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kanapé” in Store norske leksikon
• “kanapé (sofa)” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• kanape, pakaen