crêpe
See also: crepe, crêpé, and Crêpe
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɹɛp/, /kɹeɪp/
- (US) enPR: krāp, IPA(key): /kɹeɪp/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪp
- Homophone: crape
Noun
crêpe (countable and uncountable, plural crêpes)
- Alternative spelling of crepe
- 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 234:
- Wallace’s crêpes are plain, with just powdered sugar and strawberries on the side.
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Verb
crêpe (third-person singular simple present crêpes, present participle crêping, simple past and past participle crêped)
- Alternative spelling of crepe
Anagrams
- CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce
French
Etymology
Substantivisation of Old French crespe, from Latin crispus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɛp/
Audio (Paris): "une crêpe" (file) Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (Quebec) (file) Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
crêpe m (plural crêpes)
- (textiles) crepe
- black veil
Noun
crêpe f (plural crêpes)
- pancake, crêpe
Derived terms
- crêperie
- crêpe de chine
- crêpe Suzette
- gâteau mille crêpes
Related terms
- crêper
Descendants
- → Catalan: crep
- → English: crepe
- → German: Krepp
- → Portuguese: crepe
- → Spanish: crep
Further reading
- “crêpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- perce, percé
Norman
Etymology
Substantivisation of Old French crespe, from Latin crispus.
Noun
crêpe f (plural crêpes)
- (Guernsey) pancake