frappé
/fɹæˈpeɪ/ · noun
Meaning
- A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
- Alternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”).
- Iced; cooled.
- A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from French frappé, past participle of frapper (“to hit, strike”), from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch', from Proto-Germanic *hrappijaną (“to hurry”), from *hrapaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krob.
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