Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frappé

/fɹæˈpeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: frappe
IPA: /fɹæˈpeɪ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.

noun

Alternative form of frappe (“a liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice”).

noun

A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

adj

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: frappé, fraper, *hrappijaną, *krob

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɹæˈpeɪ/
British English: /ˈfɹæpeɪ/

Inflected Forms

frappés (plural) frappe (alternative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce frappé?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹæˈpeɪ/.
What does frappé mean?: A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
Where does frappé come from?: It is traced to French.

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