different between crape vs craye

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?p, IPA^(key): /k?e?p/
• Homophones: crepe, crêpe
• Rhymes: -e?p

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.

Translations

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): [?krape]

Verb

crape

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of cr?pa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of cr?pa

English

Etymology

French craie (apparently unrelated to craie (“chalk”)).

Noun

craye (plural crayes)

1. A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden

Translations

Anagrams

• Carey, Cayer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kr?ia, from Proto-Germanic *kr??.

Noun

crâye f

1. crow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kraai
  • Afrikaans: kraai
• Limburgish: krej

Further reading

• “craye”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “craeye”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page craeye