frappe
English
Alternative forms
- frappé (liqueur on shaved ice)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
frappe (plural frappes)
- A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
- (Massachusetts, Maine) A thick milkshake containing ice cream.
- An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink, associated with Greek cuisine.
Derived terms
Translations
Greek-style iced coffee
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁap/
Audio: (file)
Noun
frappe f (plural frappes)
- hit
- strike, striking, kick
- une frappe aérienne ― air-strike
- une frappe puissante ― a powerful kick
- (derogatory) knave, thug, villain
- une petite frappe ― a little thug
- (slang) A very attractive woman, a hottie
- Synonyms: bombe, avion de chasse, missile
- Tema la frappe là-bas ! ― Look at that hottie over there!
- (slang) used to describe something very good
- C'est de la frappe ce truc ― That thing is so good!
Derived terms
Verb
frappe
- inflection of frapper:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “frappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrap.pe/
- Rhymes: -appe
- Hyphenation: fràp‧pe
Noun
frappe f
- plural of frappa