jaspé

See also: jaspe

English

Etymology

From French jaspé, the past participle of French jasper (“to colour motley, so as to imitate jasper”), from jaspe (“jasper”), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek.

Adjective

jaspé (comparative more jaspé, superlative most jaspé)

1. Veined or clouded like imitation jasper.
2. Streaked; variegated.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 187:

     He, too, like the advancing Guard and the ground on which he knelt, was patterned jaspé in black shadow and silvery white.

Related terms

• jasper
• jasperize
• jaspidean
• jaspideous

Translations

veined or clouded like imitation jasper

• Dutch: gejasperd
• French: jaspé (fr)
• Spanish: jaspeado (es)

Noun

jaspé (countable and uncountable, plural jaspés)

1. A shaded, plain-weave type of cloth, embroidered or similarly printed.

   Jaspé is mainly used for curtains and bedspreads.

Anagrams

• japes

French

Etymology

From jasper, from the noun jaspe, from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

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Participle

jaspé (feminine jaspée, masculine plural jaspés, feminine plural jaspées)

1. past participle of jasper

Adjective

jaspé (feminine jaspée, masculine plural jaspés, feminine plural jaspées)

1. jaspé

Related terms

• jaspage
• jaspe m
• jaspure

Further reading

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