canapé

See also: canape and canapè

English

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, Moffat, Yard & Company, New York, 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.

Translations

a bite size slice open-faced sandwich

• Catalan: canapè (ca) m
• Czech: jednohubka (cs) f
• Danish: kanapé (da) c
• Finnish: cocktailleipä
• French: canapé (fr) m
• German: Kanapee (de) n, Schnittchen (de)
• Greek: καναπεδάκι (el) n (kanapedáki)
• Hungarian: kanapé (hu)

• Italian: canapè m, crostino (it) m, tartina (it) f
• Japanese: カナッペ (kanappe)
• Korean: 카나페 (kanape)
• Portuguese: canapé (pt) m
• Russian: канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́)
• Spanish: canapé m
• Swedish: kanapé (sv) c, snittar (sv) c pl

elegant sofa

• Catalan: canapè (ca) m
• Danish: kanapé (da) c
• Dutch: canapé (nl) m
• Esperanto: kanapo
• Finnish: kanapee (fi)
• French: canapé (fr) m
• German: Kanapee (de) n
• Greek: καναπές (el) m (kanapés)

• Hungarian: kanapé (hu)
• Ido: kanapeo (io)
• Italian: canapè m
• Macedonian: ка́набе n (kánabe)
• Portuguese: canapé (pt) m
• Russian: канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́)
• Spanish: canapé m

Anagrams

• Canepa

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Catalan

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of canapè

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.naːˈpeː/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés, diminutive canapeetje n)

1. canapé

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French

Alternative forms

• canap’

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.pe/

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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)

Related terms

• canopée

Descendants

• → Albanian: kanape
• → Alemannic German: Kanepe
• → Belarusian: кана́па (kanápa)
• → Catalan: canapè
• → Czech: kanape
• → Danish: kanapé, kanape, canapé, canape
• → English: canapé
• → Egyptian Arabic: كنبة‎ (kanaba)
• → Finnish: kanapee
• → German: Kanapee, Canapé
  • → Hungarian: kanapé
• → Greek: καναπές (kanapés)
• → Gulf Arabic: قنفة‎ (qanafa)
• → Hijazi Arabic: كنبة‎ (kanaba)
• → Italian: canapè
• → Iraqi Arabic: قنفة‎ (qanafa)
• → Japanese: カナッペ (kanappe)
• → Korean: 카나페 (kanape)
• → Northern Kurdish: qenepe
• → Lithuanian: kanapa
• → Macedonian: канабе (kanabe)
• → Persian: کاناپه‎ (kânâpe)
• → Polish: kanapa
• → Portuguese: canapé
• → Romanian: canapea
• → Russian: канапе́ (kanapé)
• → Spanish: canapé
• → Swedish: kanapé
• → Turkish: kanepe
• → Vilamovian: kanapē

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 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Further reading

• “canapé” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pacane

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Portuguese

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈpe/

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

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