canapé

canapé

See also: canape, Canapé, and canapè

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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, Moffat, Yard & Company, New York, 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.

Translations

a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich

Catalan: canapè (ca) m Czech: jednohubka (cs) f Danish: kanapé (da) c Finnish: cocktailleipä French: canapé (fr) m German: Kanapee (de) n, Schnittchen (de) n Greek: καναπεδάκι (el) n (kanapedáki) Hungarian: zsúrszendvics, miniszendvics, koktélszendvics, (dated, rare) kanapé (hu) Italian: canapè m, crostino (it) m, tartina (it) f Japanese: カナッペ (kanappe) Korean: 카나페 (kanape) Norwegian: Bokmål: kanapé (no) m Polish: kanapka (pl) f Portuguese: canapé (pt) m Russian: канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́) Spanish: canapé m Swedish: kanapé (sv) c, snittar (sv) c pl

elegant sofa

Albanian: kanape (sq) f Belarusian: кана́па f (kanápa) Bulgarian: канапе́ (bg) n (kanapé) Catalan: canapè (ca) m Danish: kanapé (da) c Dutch: canapé (nl) m Esperanto: kanapo Estonian: kanapee Finnish: kanapee (fi) French: canapé (fr) m German: Kanapee (de) n Greek: καναπές (el) m (kanapés) Hungarian: kanapé (hu) Ido: kanapeo (io) Italian: canapè m Macedonian: канабе n (kanabe) Norwegian: Bokmål: kanapé (no) m Polish: kanapa (pl) f Portuguese: canapé (pt) m Romanian: canapea (ro) f Russian: канапе́ (ru) n (kanapɛ́) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кана̀пе̄ m Roman: kanàpē (sh) m Slovene: kanape m Spanish: canapé m Turkish: kanepe (tr) Ukrainian: кана́па (uk) f (kanápa)

Anagrams

• Canepa

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Catalan

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of canapè

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.naːˈpeː/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés, diminutive canapeetje n)

1. canapé

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French

Alternative forms

• canap’

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.pe/

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Noun

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)

Derived terms

• promotion canapé

Related terms

• canopée

Descendants

• → Albanian: kanape
• → Alemannic German: Kanepe
• → Belarusian: кана́па (kanápa)
• → Catalan: canapè
• → Czech: kanape
• → Danish: kanapé, kanape, canapé, canape
• → English: canapé
• → Egyptian Arabic: كنبة‎ (kanaba)
• → Finnish: kanapee
• → German: Kanapee, Canapé
  • → Hungarian: kanapé
• → Greek: καναπές (kanapés)
• → Gulf Arabic: قنفة‎ (qanafa)
• → Hijazi Arabic: كنبة‎ (kanaba)
• → Italian: canapè
• → Iraqi Arabic: قنفة‎ (qanafa)
• → Japanese: カナッペ (kanappe)
• → Korean: 카나페 (kanape)
• → Northern Kurdish: qenepe
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kanapé, kanape
• → Lithuanian: kanapa
• → Macedonian: канабе (kanabe)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قاناپه‎ (kanape)
• → Persian: کاناپه‎ (kânâpe)
• → Polish: kanapa
• → Portuguese: canapé
• → Romanian: canapea
• → Russian: канапе́ (kanapé)
• → Spanish: canapé
• → Swedish: kanapé
• → Turkish: kanepe
• → Vilamovian: kanapē

References

• 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]

Further reading

• “canapé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pacane

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈpɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.nɐˈpɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧pé

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

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

References

1. “canapé” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “canapé” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

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

Further reading

• “canapé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014