canopy

English

Etymology

From Middle English canope, from Latin cōnōpēum (“curtain”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon) (konopeion)), through Medieval Latin canopeum, or possibly Old French conope, conopé (compare modern French canapé).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.nə.pi/

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Noun

canopy (plural canopies)

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
   • Dryden

     golden canopies and beds of state

2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Translations

high cover

• Bulgarian: балдахин (bg) m (baldahin)
• Czech: baldachýn
• Finnish: katos (fi)
• French: dais (fr) m, baldaquin (fr) m, voûte (fr) f
• German: Baldachin (de) m
• Greek: ουρανός (el) m (ouranós)
• Hungarian: baldachin (hu)
• Italian: baldacchino (it) m

• Khmer: ពិតាន (km) (pidaan)
• Macedonian: балдахин m (baldahín)
• Portuguese: toldo (pt) m
• Russian: балдахин (ru) m (baldaxin), наве́с (ru) m (navés)
• Spanish: dosel (es) m, palio m, toldo (es) m
• Swedish: baldakin (sv) c, takhimmel c, tronhimmel c, sänghimmel c

overhanging or projecting roof structure

• Bulgarian: навес (bg) m (naves)
• Finnish: katos (fi), lippa
• French: marquise (fr) f
• Greek: θόλος (el) m (thólos)
• Macedonian: свод m (svod)

• Portuguese: marquise (pt)
• Russian: наве́с (ru) m (navés), козырёк (ru) m (kozyrjók)
• Spanish: alero (es) m
• Volapük: nufül (vo), (thunderstorm) mistomanufül (vo)

highest foliage and branches of a forest

• Finnish: latvusto (fi)
• French: canopée (fr) f
• German: Kronendach n, Baumkronendach n, Laubfläche f
• Irish: ceannbhrat m

• Norwegian: kronetak n
• Portuguese: copa (pt) f
• Spanish: copa (es) f

transparent cockpit cover

• Finnish: kuomu (fi)
• Italian: calotta f, tettuccio m
• Russian: фона́рь (ru) m (fonárʹ)

• Spanish: parabrisas (es) m
• Swedish: huv (sv) c

parachute cloth

• Bulgarian: купол (bg) m (kupol)
• Finnish: kupu (fi)
• French: toile de parachute f

• Hungarian: ejtőernyőkupola
• Russian: ку́пол (ru) m (kúpol)
• Spanish: campana (es) f

Verb

canopy (third-person singular simple present canopies, present participle canopying, simple past and past participle canopied)

1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
   • Milton

     A bank with ivy canopied.

2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

See also

• canopied
• canopy bed