crepe

See also: crêpe, crêpé, and Crêpe

English

A stack of crepes (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• crêpe

Etymology

From French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kɹeɪp/, /kɹɛp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪp, -ɛp

Noun

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
3. Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
4. Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.

   The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.

5. (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.

Synonyms

• (fabric): crape
• (thin pancake): French pancake
• (rubber): crepe rubber

Derived terms

• crepe fern (Leptopteris superba)
• crepe flower (Lagerstroemia indica)
• crepe gardenia (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
• crepe ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus)
• crepe jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)

Related terms

• crêpe de Chine, crepe de Chine
• crêpe paper

Translations

very thin pancake

• Breton: krampouezhenn (br)
• Catalan: crep (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: pandekage (da) c
• Esperanto: krepo
• Finnish: kreppi (fi)
• French: crêpe (fr) f
• Galician: filloa (gl) f, freixó (gl) m
• German: Crêpe (de) f or m
• Hebrew: קרפ (he) m (krep)
• Ido: krespo (io), krespeto
• Italian: crespella (it) f, frittella (it) f
• Japanese: クレープ (ja) (kurēpu)
• Polish: naleśnik (pl) m, crêpe (pl) n
• Russian: (тонкий (ru) (tonkij)) блин (ru) (blin)
• Spanish: crepa (es) f
• Swedish: crêpes (sv) c pl, tunnpannkaka (sv) c
• Yiddish: קרעפּ m (krep)

crinkled fabric

• Catalan: crepè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縐綢／绉绸 (zh) (zhòuchóu), 縐紗／绉纱 (zh) (zhòushā)

• Finnish: kreppikangas
• French: crêpe (fr) m
• German: Krepp (de) m
• Hebrew: קְרֵפּ (he) m (krep)
• Ido: krepo (io)
• Italian: crespo (it) m
• Japanese: 縮緬 (ja) (ちりめん, chirimen)
• Portuguese: crepom (pt) m
• Russian: креп (ru) m (krep)
• Spanish: crespón (es) m
• Tagalog: krespon

crepe paper — see crêpe paper

type of rubber used for shoe soles — see crepe rubber

death notice

Verb

crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)

1. (transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
2. (transitive) To frizz (the hair).

Translations

to make paper look like crepe paper

• Finnish: krepata, rypyttää (fi)

Anagrams

• CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce

Italian

Noun

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

Anagrams

• prece

Middle English

Verb

crepe

1. Alternative form of crepen

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crīspus. Doublet of crespo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: cre‧pe

Noun

crepe m (plural crepes)

1. crepe; crêpe (light fabric with a crinkled surface)
2. crepe; crêpe (French pancake-like pastry)

Spanish

Verb

crepe

1. inflection of crepar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative