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Frappé

//fɹæˈpeɪ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Iced; cooled. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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