nappe

== English == === Etymology === From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nap/ Rhymes: -ap === Noun === nappe (plural nappes) The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone. (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. Synonym: thrust sheet (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure. (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === nappe (third-person singular simple present nappes, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped) (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid. to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze === Anagrams === 'appen, NAEPP == Danish == === Etymology === Related to Old Norse hneppa. === Verb === nappe (imperative nap, infinitive at nappe, present tense napper, past tense nappede, perfect tense nappet) (informal) to grab, snatch to pluck, yank (animals) to squeeze, tighten with the teeth, lips or beak ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “nappe” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From Latin mappa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nap/ === Noun === nappe f (plural nappes) tablecloth layer (of gas, oil etc.); sheet (of water) ribbon cable une nappe IDE ==== Derived terms ==== nappe phréatique === Verb === nappe inflection of napper: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “nappe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnap.pe/ Rhymes: -appe Hyphenation: nàp‧pe === Noun === nappe f plural of nappa == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== nappe alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== nappe alternative form of nap (“nap”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== nappe alternative form of nappen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Related to Old Norse hneppa === Verb === nappe (imperative napp, present tense napper, passive nappes, simple past and past participle nappa or nappet, present participle nappende) to grab, snatch to pluck, yank === References === “nappe” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English nappe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nap/ === Noun === nappe nap, sleep === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58