tapenade

English

Two types of tapenade.

Etymology

Borrowed from French tapenade, from Provençal and Occitan tapenada, tapenado, a diminutive of tapeno (“caper”), variant of tàpero, from Old Occitan tapera, from Latin capparis (“caper”).

Influenced by Old Occitan tapia (“rammed earth”), referring to caper bushes growing against buildings made of rammed earth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/, /ˌtɑ.pəˈnɑːd/

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Noun

tapenade (countable and uncountable, plural tapenades)

1. A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.

References

• “tapenade”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tapenada.

Noun

tapenade f (plural tapenades)

1. tapenade

Spanish

Noun

tapenade m (plural tapenades)

1. tapenade