nappe

From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nap/
• Rhymes: -ap

nappe (plural nappes)

1. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
2. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
3. (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.

   Synonym: thrust sheet

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:

     The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.

4. (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
5. (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.

nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.

   to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze

• 'appen, NAEPP

Related to Old Norse hneppa.

nappe (imperative nap, infinitive at nappe, present tense napper, past tense nappede, perfect tense nappet)

1. (informal) to grab, snatch
2. to pluck, yank
3. (animals) to squeeze, tighten with the teeth, lips or beak

• “nappe” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin mappa.

• IPA^(key): /nap/

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nappe f (plural nappes)

1. tablecloth
2. layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
3. ribbon cable

   une nappe IDE

• nappe phréatique

nappe

1. inflection of napper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnap.pe/
• Rhymes: -appe
• Hyphenation: nàp‧pe

nappe f

1. plural of nappa

nappe

1. alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)

nappe

1. alternative form of nap (“nap”)

nappe

1. alternative form of nappen

Related to Old Norse hneppa

nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)

1. to grab, snatch
2. to pluck, yank

• “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle English nappe.

• IPA^(key): /nap/
• Homophone: knapp

nappe

1. nap, sleep

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 58