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canapé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkænəpeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

Meanings

1. An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
2. A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.
   • Oliver was sitting on the edge of the canapé, swinging one leg over the other; and he stopped abruptly and stared, and then sank back, laughing softly to himself. 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 29:

Forms

Translations (56)

sl kanape (elegant sofa) · da kanapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · uk кана́па (elegant sofa) · el καναπές (elegant sofa) · ca canapè (elegant sofa) · hu koktélszendvics (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · pl kanapa (elegant sofa) · fi kanapee (elegant sofa) · be кана́па (elegant sofa) · kmr kanepe (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · it canapè (elegant sofa) · hu miniszendvics (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · sv kanapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · bg канапе́ (elegant sofa) · pt canapé (elegant sofa) · io kanapeo (elegant sofa) · ca canapè (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · de Kanapee (elegant sofa) · fi kanapee (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · de Kanapee (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · mk канабе (elegant sofa) · cs jednohubka (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · nl canapé (elegant sofa) · sh кана̀пе̄ (elegant sofa) · hu kanapé (elegant sofa) · fi cocktailleipä (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · da kanapé (elegant sofa) · sq kanape (elegant sofa) · ko 카나페 (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · nb kanapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · it canapè (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · et kanapee (elegant sofa) · pl kanapka (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · fr canapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · tr kanepe (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · pt canapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · ru канапе́ (elegant sofa) · ru канапе́ (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · ro canapea (elegant sofa) · es canapé (elegant sofa) · sv snittar (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · ja カナッペ (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · nb kanapé (elegant sofa) · it tartina (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · eo kanapo (elegant sofa) · es canapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · kmr qenepe (elegant sofa) · hu zsúrszendvics (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · id canapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · el καναπεδάκι (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · sh kanàpē (elegant sofa) · fr canapé (elegant sofa) · it crostino (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · hu kanapé (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich) · tr kanepe (elegant sofa) · de Schnittchen (a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich)