nappe
See also: nappé
English edit
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Noun edit
nappe (plural nappes)
- The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
- (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
- (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.
- (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
- (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
Translations edit
body of water
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geology
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hydraulics
Verb edit
nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.
- to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze
Anagrams edit
French edit
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nappe f (plural nappes)
- tablecloth
- layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
- ribbon cable
- une nappe IDE
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
nappe
- inflection of napper:
Further reading edit
- “nappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
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nappe f
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
nappe
- Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
nappe
- Alternative form of nap (“nap”)
Etymology 3 edit
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nappe
- Alternative form of nappen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)
References edit
- “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English nappe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nappe
References edit
- 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