different between creepy vs crepe

English

Etymology

creep +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?i?pi/

• (General American) enPR: kr??p?, IPA^(key): /?k?ipi/
• Rhymes: -i?pi
• Hyphenation: creep?y

Adjective

creepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)

1. Moving by creeping along.
2. (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
3. (informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
   • 1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate

     “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. […]

4. (informal) Strangely repulsive.

   That creepy old man keeps leering at me!

Translations

See also

• creepy-crawly

Anagrams

• crepey, crêpey

English

Alternative forms

• crêpe

Etymology

From French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?e?p/, /k??p/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??p/

Noun

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
3. Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
4. Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.

   The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.

5. (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.

Synonyms

• (fabric): crape
• (thin pancake): French pancake
• (rubber): crepe rubber

Translations

Verb

crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)

1. (transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
2. (transitive) To frizz (the hair).

Translations

Anagrams

• CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce

Italian

Noun

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

Anagrams

• prece

Middle English

Verb

crepe

1. Alternative form of crepen

Portuguese

Etymology

From French crêpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??pe/, /?k??pi/

Noun

crepe m (plural crepes)

1. crepe, crêpe