kanapé
See also: kanape, kanapē, and kanapė
Danish
Alternative forms
- kanape, canapé, canape
Etymology
Borrowed from French canapé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanape/, [kʰanaˈpʰe] or IPA(key): /kanapeː/, [kʰanaˈpʰeːˀ]
Noun
kanapé c (singular definite kanapéen, plural indefinite kanapéer)
- canapé (a bite size slice open-faced sandwich; elegent sofa)
Inflection
Declension of kanapé
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kanapé | kanapéen | kanapéer | kanapéerne |
| genitive | kanapés | kanapéens | kanapéers | kanapéernes |
Hungarian
Etymology
From French canapé via German Kanapee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒnɒpeː]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
- Rhymes: -peː
Noun
kanapé (plural kanapék)
- canapé (elegant sofa)
- canapé (an open-faced sandwich)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kanapé | kanapék |
| accusative | kanapét | kanapékat |
| dative | kanapénak | kanapéknak |
| instrumental | kanapéval | kanapékkal |
| causal-final | kanapéért | kanapékért |
| translative | kanapévá | kanapékká |
| terminative | kanapéig | kanapékig |
| essive-formal | kanapéként | kanapékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kanapéban | kanapékban |
| superessive | kanapén | kanapékon |
| adessive | kanapénál | kanapéknál |
| illative | kanapéba | kanapékba |
| sublative | kanapéra | kanapékra |
| allative | kanapéhoz | kanapékhoz |
| elative | kanapéból | kanapékból |
| delative | kanapéról | kanapékról |
| ablative | kanapétól | kanapéktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | kanapéé | kanapéké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | kanapééi | kanapékéi |
| Possessive forms of kanapé | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kanapém | kanapéim |
| 2nd person sing. | kanapéd | kanapéid |
| 3rd person sing. | kanapéja | kanapéi |
| 1st person plural | kanapénk | kanapéink |
| 2nd person plural | kanapétok | kanapéitok |
| 3rd person plural | kanapéjuk | kanapéik |
Further reading
- kanapé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
An assortment of canapés for eating.
Alternative forms
- kanape
Etymology
From French canapé (“sofa; nibble”), from Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of Latin canōpēum (“mosquito net”)), itself from cōnōpēum (“seat with a canopy”), from κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon).
A canapé for sitting.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanaˈpeː/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
- Homophone: kanape
Noun
kanapé m (definite singular kanapéen or kanapeen, indefinite plural kanapéer or kanapeer, definite plural kanapéene or kanapeene)
- (furniture) a canapé (older type of upholstered sofa with a back, armrests and 6-8 legs, shaped like several continuous chairs)
- 1861, Camilla Collett, Fortællinger, page 19:
- hun [sank] om paa kanapeen. Jeg rendte forstyrret omkring for at finde hendes lugtedaase
- she [sank] on the canapé. I ran around confused to find her scent box
- 1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger I, page 6:
- ikke før var pastoren kommet tilsæde paa kanapéen inde i stuen og ordre givet til den varme punsch, før han krammede ud med sine nyheder
- not before had the pastor sat down on the canapé inside the living room and given orders for the hot punch before he hugged out with his news
- (Can we date this quote?), Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden III, page 22:
- 2002, Ragnhild Nilstun, For kjærlighets skyld:
- det meste av dagen halvt satt han på kanapéen ved det åpne vinduet
- most of the day he sat on the canapé by the open window
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- a canapé (an hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.)
- 1987, Dag Solstad, Roman 1987, page 67:
- kanapéer lå på sølvfat i lange rekker
- canapés lay on silver platters in long rows
- 2005, Jan Kjærstad, Kongen av Europa:
- hun grabbet til seg en håndfull kanapeer på veien, kniste, rakte ham én
- she grabbed a handful of canapés on the road, giggled, handed him one
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Derived terms
- kanapébord (“canapé table”)
References
- “kanapé” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “kanapé” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kanapé” in Store norske leksikon
- “kanapé (sofa)” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
- kanape, pakaen