nappe

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See also: nappé

English

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Etymology

From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape.

Pronunciation

Noun

nappe (plural nappes)

  1. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
  2. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
  3. (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:
      The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.
  4. (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
  5. (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.

Translations

body of water

Verb

nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

  1. (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.
    to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze

Anagrams

French

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Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nap/
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Noun

nappe f (plural nappes)

  1. tablecloth
  2. layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
  3. ribbon cable
    une nappe IDE

Derived terms

Verb

nappe

  1. inflection of napper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnap.pe/
  • Rhymes: -appe
  • Hyphenation: nàp‧pe

Noun

nappe f

  1. plural of nappa

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

nappe

  1. Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)

Etymology 2

Noun

nappe

  1. Alternative form of nap (“nap”)

Etymology 3

Verb

nappe

  1. Alternative form of nappen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to Old Norse hneppa

Verb

nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)

  1. to grab, snatch
  2. to pluck, yank

References

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Etymology

From Middle English nappe.

Pronunciation

Noun

nappe

  1. nap, sleep

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58
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