crepe

• crêpe

From French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crape.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kɹeɪp/, /kɹɛp/

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• Rhymes: -eɪp, -ɛp

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
3. Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
4. Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.

   The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.

5. (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.

• (fabric): crape
• (thin pancake): French pancake
• (rubber): crepe rubber

• crêpe de Chine, crepe de Chine
• crêpe paper

crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)

1. (transitive) To cover in crepe.
2. (transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
3. (transitive) To frizz (the hair).

• CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

• prece

crepe

1. Alternative form of crepen

Borrowed from French crêpe,^[1] from Latin crīspus.^[2] Doublet of crespo.

• Hyphenation: cre‧pe

crepe m (plural crepes)

1. crepe; crêpe (light fabric with a crinkled surface)
2. crepe; crêpe (French pancake-like pastry)

crepe

1. inflection of crepar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative