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Definition 2024

See also: frappe and frappè

frappé ‎(plural frappés)

A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

frappé m ‎(feminine singular frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

frappé m ‎(feminine singular frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

frappé m ‎(plural frappés)

frappé m ‎(invariable)

Borrowing from French frappé, past participle of frapper ‎(“to hit, strike”), from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch' (compare Dutch reppen 'to hurry'), from Proto-Germanic *hrapjaną 'to hurry' (compare Old English hreppan 'to touch, treat', Old Norse hrapa 'to hurry; fall', German raffen 'to grab'), from *hrapaz (compare Middle Low German rapp 'quick'), from Proto-Indo-European *krob (compare Middle Irish crip, crib 'quick', Tocharian kārpā 'to come down, step down', Lithuanian krapštýti 'to scratch, rub', Old Church Slavonic krĕpŭkŭ 'firm').