nappe
See also: nappé
English
Etymology
From French nappe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nap/
- Rhymes: -ap
Noun
nappe (plural nappes)
- The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
- (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
- (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
- The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:
- (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
- (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
Translations
body of water
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mathematics
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geology
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hydraulics
Verb
nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)
- (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.
- to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze
Anagrams
- 'appen, NAEPP
French
Etymology
From Latin mappa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nap/
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Noun
nappe f (plural nappes)
- tablecloth
- layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
- ribbon cable
- une nappe IDE
Derived terms
- nappe phréatique
Verb
nappe
- inflection of napper:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “nappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnap.pe/
- Rhymes: -appe
- Hyphenation: nàp‧pe
Noun
nappe f
- plural of nappa
Middle English
Noun
nappe
- Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)
Noun
nappe
- Alternative form of nap (“nap”)
Verb
nappe
- Alternative form of nappen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Related to Old Norse hneppa
Verb
nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)
- to grab, snatch
- to pluck, yank
References
- “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English nap.
Noun
nappe
- nap, sleep
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 58