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English

Etymology

From French nappe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nap/

Noun

nappe (plural nappes)

1. The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
2. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
3. (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 96:

     The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.

4. (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
5. (cooking) The ability of a liquid to coat the back of a spoon, etc.

Translations

Verb

nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped)

1. (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.

   to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze

Anagrams

• 'appen, NAEPP

French

Etymology

From Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nap/

Noun

nappe f (plural nappes)

1. tablecloth
2. layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water)
3. ribbon cable

   une nappe IDE

Derived terms

• nappe phréatique

Verb

nappe

1. first-person singular present indicative of napper
2. third-person singular present indicative of napper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of napper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of napper
5. second-person singular imperative of napper

Further reading

• “nappe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -appe

Noun

nappe f

1. plural of nappa

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hnæpp.

Noun

nappe

1. Alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”)

Etymology 2

A back-formation from nappen.

Noun

nappe

1. Alternative form of nap (“nap”)

Etymology 3

From Old English hnappian.

Verb

nappe

1. Alternative form of nappen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to Old Norse hneppa

Verb

nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende)

1. to grab, snatch
2. to pluck, yank

References

• “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nap.

Noun

nappe

1. a nap, sleep

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Noun

nappie (plural nappies)

1. Alternative form of nappy:
   1. A diaper.
      • 1954, Ernest Cady, We Adopted Three, page 65,

        Depositing Susie in the bathinette, I removed the soiled nappie.

   2. A shallow bowl.
      • 1941, Beth Bailey McLean, The Table Graces, page 19,

        For family service, the 4-inch nappie is more practical than the sherbet glass.

      • 2003, Bob Page, Dale Frederiksen, Dean Six, Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware, page 219,

        The solid colored pieces sold with this line were the nappie, fruit bowl, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, and cup.

      • 2009, Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in South Boston, page 114,

        Numerous Eastern and Midwestern glasshouses produced the nappie in several sizes.

   3. A type of strong ale.
      • a. 1846, Robert Burns, Comforts of the Poor, 1846, Henry Corbould, The Book of the Poets, page 448,

        An' whyles twalpennie-worth o? nappie / Can mak the bodies unco happy ;

Anagrams

• pie pan