frappe

See also: frappé and frappè

English

Alternative forms

• frappé (liqueur on shaved ice)

Etymology

Etymology tree

French frappébor.

English frappe

Borrowed from French frappé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: frap

Noun

frappe (plural frappes)

1. A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
2. (Massachusetts, Maine) A thick milkshake containing ice cream.
3. An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink, associated with Greek cuisine.

Derived terms

• frappuccino

Translations

Greek-style iced coffee

• Bulgarian: фрапе́ n (frapé)
• Finnish: frappe (fi), frappé (fi), café frappé
• Lithuanian: frãpė f
• Polish: frappé (pl) n

Anagrams

• PEPFAR, fapper

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁap/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

frappe f (plural frappes)

1. hit
2. strike, striking, kick

   une frappe aérienne ― air-strike

   une frappe puissante ― a powerful kick

3. (derogatory) knave, thug, villain

   une petite frappe ― a little thug

4. (slang) A very attractive woman, a hottie

   Synonyms: bombe, avion de chasse, missile

   Tema la frappe là-bas ! ― Look at that hottie over there!

5. (slang) used to describe something very good

   C'est de la frappe ce truc ― That thing is so good!

Derived terms

• faute de frappe
• force de frappe

Verb

frappe

1. inflection of frapper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrap.pe/
• Rhymes: -appe
• Hyphenation: fràp‧pe

Noun

frappe f

1. plural of frappa