nappe

From French nappe.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nap/

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.

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

• 'appen, NAEPP

From Latin mappa.

• IPA^(key): /nap/

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nappe f (plural nappes)

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

   une nappe IDE

• nappe phréatique

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of napper
5. second-person singular imperative of napper

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

nappe f

1. plural of nappa

From Old English hnæpp.

nappe

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

A back-formation from nappen.

nappe

1. Alternative form of nap (“nap”)

From Old English hnappian.

nappe

1. Alternative form of nappen

Related to Old Norse hneppa

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

• “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.