frappé

US/fɹæˈpeɪ/UK/ˈfɹæpeɪ/

noun

A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.

OriginFrench frappé ← Old French fraper ← Proto-Germanic *hrappijaną →
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Meanings

nounfrappé (plural frappés)

plural frappés · alternative frappe

  1. A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”).
  3. A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.
adjectivefrappé (not comparable)

alternative frappe

  1. not comparableIced; cooled.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krob
  2. Proto-Germanic*hrappijaną“to hurry”
  3. Old Frenchfraper
  4. Frenchfrappé
  5. Englishfrappé

Borrowed from French frappé, past participle of frapper (“to hit, strike”), from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch', from Proto-Germanic *hrappijaną (“to hurry”), from *hrapaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krob.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frappé

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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