different between savory vs canape

English

Alternative forms

• savoury (British; usually only for etymology 1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?v??i/

Etymology 1

From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sap?r?re, present active infinitive of sap?r?, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapi?, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

Adjective

savory (comparative savorier, superlative savoriest) (American spelling)

1. Tasty, attractive to the palate.

   The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.

2. Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.

   The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.

3. umami, modern

   The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.

4. (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.

   Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Translations

See also

• umami

Noun

savory (plural savories)

1. (American spelling) A savory snack.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies From Middle English saverey, possibly from Old English sæþerie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie.

Noun

savory (countable and uncountable, plural savories)

1. Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
2. The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Derived terms

• summer savory (Satureja hortensis)
• winter savory (Satureja montana)

Translations

English

Noun

canape (plural canapes)

1. Alternative spelling of canapé

Anagrams

• Canepa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.na.pe/
• Hyphenation: cà?na?pe

Etymology 1

Variant of canapa.

Noun

canape m (plural canapi)
canape f (plural canapi)

1. (archaic or literary) Alternative form of canapa

Etymology 2

Variant of canapo.

Noun

canape m (plural canapi)

1. Uncommon form of canapo.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

canape f

1. plural of canapa

Middle English

Alternative forms

• canapee, canapy, canepie, canope, kanape

Etymology

From Medieval Latin c?n?p?um, from Latin c?n?p?um, from Ancient Greek ????????? (k?n?peîon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kanape?/, /?kan?pe?/

Noun

canape

1. canopy (covering over a bed or couch)

Descendants

• English: canopy

References

• “canap??, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.