frappe

See also: frappé and frappè

English

Alternative forms

• frappé (liqueur on shaved ice)

Etymology

From French frappé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹæp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: frap

Noun

frappe (plural frappes)

1. A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
2. (Massachusetts, Maine) A thick milkshake containing ice cream.
3. An iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink, associated with Greek cuisine.

Translations

Greek-style iced coffee

• Bulgarian: фрапе́ n (frapé)
• Finnish: frappe (fi), frappé (fi), café frappé

Anagrams

• PEPFAR, fapper

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁap/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

frappe f (plural frappes)

1. hit
2. strike, striking, kick

   une frappe aérienne ― air-strike

   une frappe puissante ― a powerful kick

3. (derogatory) knave, thug, villain

   une petite frappe ― a little thug

Derived terms

• faute de frappe
• force de frappe

Verb

frappe

1. inflection of frapper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrap.pe/
• Rhymes: -appe
• Hyphenation: fràp‧pe

Noun

frappe f

1. plural of frappa