frappé

See also frappe, and frappè

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpeɪ, -eɪ

Alternative forms

• frappe

Etymology

Past participle of French frapper 'to hit, strike', from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch' (cf. Dutch reppen 'to hurry'), from Proto-Germanic *hrapjaną 'to hurry' (compare Old English hreppan 'to touch, treat', Old Norse hrapa 'to hurry; fall', German raffen 'to grab'), from *hrapaz (compare Middle Low German rapp 'quick'), from Proto-Indo-European *krob (compare Middle Irish crip, crib 'quick', Tocharian kārpā 'to come down, step down', Lithuanian krapštýti 'to scratch, rub', Old Church Slavonic krĕpŭkŭ 'firm').

Noun

frappé (plural frappés)

1. a frozen fruit flavoured dessert or appetizer
2. a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice
3. a movement where you strike your foot against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

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French

Adjective

frappé

1. beaten, hit

Verb

frappé

1. past participle of frapper

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Italian

Noun

frappé m (invariable)

1. milkshake