frappé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
  2. Alternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”).
  3. A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.
adj
  1. Iced; cooled.

Pronunciation

/fɹæˈpeɪ/ /ˈfɹæpeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frappé.wav

Word forms

frappé frappés frappe

Etymology

Borrowed from French frappé, past participle of frapper (“to hit, strike”), from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch', from Proto-Germanic *hrappijaną (“to hurry”), from *hrapaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krob.

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