canopy
/ˈkæ.nə.pi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
noun
Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
noun
In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
Example Sentences
- "golden canopies and beds of state"
- "Platforms would be widened and covered by canopies with heated waiting areas for passengers."
- "Away before me to sweet beds of flowers: Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers."
- "I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle […]"
- "I began also to observe, with greater accuracy, the forms that surrounded me, and to perceive the boundaries of the radiant roof of light which canopied me."
- "1850, The Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. XVI, No. 38, Vepery: J.P. Bantleman, p. 366, The walls of the vestibule and passage passing round the sanctuary, are covered with compartments holding high reliefs of Buddha seated on a lotus, the stem of which is grasped by two figures wearing wigs and tiaras, canopied by snakes; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: canapy, conopé, canapeum, cōnōpēum, κωνωπεῖον, κώνωψ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/
- British English: /ˈkæ.nə.pi/