frappé

See also: frappe and frappè

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

Noun

frappé (plural frappés)

  1. A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
  2. Alternative 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.

Adjective

frappé (not comparable)

  1. Iced; cooled.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

frappé (feminine frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

  1. beaten, hit

Participle

frappé (feminine frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

  1. past participle of frapper

Noun

frappé m (plural frappés)

  1. (music) downbeat
  2. (Switzerland) milkshake
  3. Short for café frappé, iced coffee

Descendants

  • Portuguese: frapê, frapé, frappé (unadapted form)
  • Turkish: frape

Further reading

Italian

Noun

frappé m (invariable)

  1. milkshake
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.