crape

English

Etymology

Alteration of French crepe, from Middle French crespe (“curly”), from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crepe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krāp, IPA^(key): /kɹeɪp/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: crepe, crêpe
• Rhymes: -eɪp

Noun

crape (countable and uncountable, plural crapes)

1. Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
2. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

Derived terms

• Canton crape
• crape fern (Leptopteris superba)
• crapefish
• crapehanger
• crapehanging
• crape jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
• crapelike
• crape moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
• crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
• crape needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)
• crapy
• Victoria crape

 

Translations

crepe — see crepe

mourning garments

• Ido: krepo (io)
• Macedonian: траур m (traur)

thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill

• Bulgarian: креп m (krep)
• Catalan: crepè m
• German: Krepp (de) m
• Lithuanian: krepas m
• Russian: креп (ru) m (krep)

Verb

crape (third-person singular simple present crapes, present participle craping, simple past and past participle craped)

1. (transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

   a machine for craping silk

   • July 24, 1786, Frances Burney (aka Madame d'Arblay), diary

     the hour for curling and craping the hair

2. (transitive) To clothe in crape.

Anagrams

• Pacer, caper, pacer, recap

Neapolitan

Noun

crape

1. plural of crapa

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrape]

Verb

crape

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of crăpa