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crepe - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

  • A flat round pancake -like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
    • ✤ While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.1
    • ✤ Aside from their pierogis, their menu also includes Ukrainian borscht soup, nalysnyky crepes and uzvar, a traditional drink made out of dried fruits and honey.2
  • A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
  • Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
  • Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
    • ✤ The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.
  • (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.

Verb

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

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA: /kɹeɪp/, /kɹɛp/
  • Audio (US): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -eɪp, -ɛp

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Footnotes

  1. 2009 March 15, Amanda Hesser, “1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers”, in The New York Times ‎: ↩

  2. 2024 October 3, Jamie Donnelly, “A foodie’s guide to Tucson Meet Yourself”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 147, number 277, Tucson, Ariz.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Caliente” section, page 10, column 3: ↩

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