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canapé

See also: canape, Canapé, and canapè

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

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Noun edit

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, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 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.

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canapé m (plural canapés)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of canapè

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.naːˈpeː/
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  • Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun edit

canapé m (plural canapés, diminutive canapeetje n)

  1. canapé (food)
  2. canapé (furniture)
    • 1966 [1951], Annie M.G. Schmidt, “Tante Trui en Tante Toosje [Aunt Trui and Aunt Toosje]”, in De spin Sebastiaan [Sebastian the Spider]‎[1], Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, page 57:
      't Water steeg en bleef maar stijgen / en de hele kanapee / ging toen langzaam aan het drijven / en de tantes dreven mee.
      The water rose and kept rising / and the entire canapé / slowly went afloat / and the aunts floated along with it.

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Etymology edit

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.

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Noun edit

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)

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References edit

  • 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]

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French canapé.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé

Noun edit

canapé m (plural canapés)

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

References edit

  1. ^ “canapé” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “canapé” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French canapé.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kanaˈpe/ [ka.naˈpe]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ca‧na‧pé

Noun edit

canapé m (plural canapés)

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

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