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canapé

[ kan-uh-pee, -pey; French ka-na-pey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural can·a·pés [kan, -, uh, -peez, -peyz, k, a, -n, a, -, pey].

a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
Furniture. a sofa of 18th-century France, made in any of several forms, often with matching chairs.
Bridge. a style of bidding in which short suits are bid before long ones.

canapé

/ -ˌpeɪ; ˈkænəpɪ; kanape /

Origin of canapé¹

1885–90; < French: literally, a covering or netting, originally for a bed ( canopy ), by extension for a piece of bread

Origin of canapé¹

C19: from French: sofa

A party was in progress on the beach, and canape-carrying waiters stepped over and around him.

It consists of oysters, a canape, a fruit cocktail, grapefruit or something else of the same kind.

She and Peter were in the pantry, deep in the manufacture of a certain sort of canape.

An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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