crepe

See also: crêpe, crêpé, and Crêpe

English

Alternative forms

• crêpe

Etymology

From French crêpe, from Latin crispus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreɪp/, /krɛp/

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Noun

crepe ‎(plural crepes)

1. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
2. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat
3. crepe 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

Translations

crinkled fabric

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: kreppikangas
• French: crêpe (fr) m

• German: Krepp m
• Japanese: 縮緬 (ja) ‎(ちりめん, chirimen)
• Russian: креп (ru) m ‎(krep)
• Spanish: crespón (es) m
• Tagalog: krespon

very thin pancake

• Breton: krampouezhenn (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: krepo
• Finnish: kreppi (fi)

• French: crêpe (fr) f
• Ido: krepo (io)
• Polish: naleśnik (pl) m
• Russian: (тонкий (ru) ‎(tonkij)) блин (ru) ‎(blin)
• Spanish: crepa f

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. To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper

Translations

to make paper look like crepe paper

• Finnish: krepata, rypyttää

Anagrams

• CREEP, creep

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Italian

Noun

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

Anagrams

• prece

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛpe/, /ˈkɾɛpi/

Noun

crepe m (plural crepes)

1. crepe, crêpe.