canapé

See also canapè

English

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Etymology

From French (see below).

Noun

canapé (plural canapés)

1. An hors d’oeuvre, a bite size slice open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
2. A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.

Translations

a bite size slice open-faced sandwich

• Danish: kanapé (da) c
• French: canapé (fr) m
• Hungarian: kanapé (hu)
• Italian: canapè (it) m, crostino (it) m, tartina (it) f

• Russian: канапе (ru) (kanape) n
• Spanish: canapé (es) m

elegant sofa

• Danish: kanapé (da) c
• French: canapé (fr) m
• German: Kanapee (de) n
• Hungarian: kanapé (hu)

• Macedonian: канабе (mk) (kánabe) n
• Russian: канапе (ru) (kanape)
• Spanish: canapé (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of canōpēum (“mosquito net”)), itself from Latin cōnōpēum (“seat with a baldaquin”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεών (kōnōpeōn), from κώνωψ (kōnōps). Cognate with English canopy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

canapé m (plural canapés)

1. sofa
2. piece of toast covered with some savory (finger) food

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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