frappé

• frappe

Borrowed from French frappé, past participle of frapper (“to hit, strike”), from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch' (compare Dutch reppen 'to hurry'), from Proto-Germanic *hrapjaną 'to hurry' (compare Old English hreppan 'to touch, treat', Old Norse hrapa 'to hurry; fall', German raffen 'to grab'), from *hrapaz (compare Middle Low German rapp 'quick'), from Proto-Indo-European *krob (compare Middle Irish crip, crib 'quick', Tocharian kārpā 'to come down, step down', Lithuanian krapštýti 'to scratch, rub', Old Church Slavonic krĕpŭkŭ 'firm').

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹæˈpeɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæpeɪ/
• Rhymes: -æpeɪ, -eɪ

frappé (plural frappés)

1. A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
2. A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
3. A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

frappé (not comparable)

1. Iced; cooled.

• PEPFAR, fapper

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frappé (feminine singular frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

1. beaten, hit

frappé m (feminine singular frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

1. past participle of frapper

frappé m (plural frappés)

1. (music) downbeat
2. (Switzerland) milkshake
3. Short for café frappé, iced coffee

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

frappé m (invariable)

1. milkshake