frappé
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɹæˈpeɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹæpeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æpeɪ, -eɪ
Noun
frappé (plural frappés)
- A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
- Alternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”).
- A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.
Adjective
frappé (not comparable)
- Iced; cooled.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
frappé (feminine frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)
Participle
frappé (feminine frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)
- past participle of frapper
Noun
frappé m (plural frappés)
- (music) downbeat
- (Switzerland) milkshake
- Short for café frappé, iced coffee
Descendants
Further reading
- “frappé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
frappé m (invariable)