Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.

    Krepp

    крепkrep

    a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

  3. (countable, uncountable)Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.

    Crêpe

    блинblin

    paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations

  4. (countable, uncountable)Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.

    The policeman wore crepe-soled shoes.

  5. (Ireland, countable, uncountable)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.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I love crepes.

    Я дуже люблю млинці.

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  2. These homemade crepes are very thin.

    deDiese selbstgemachten Crêpes sind sehr dünn.

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  3. Get me a crepe from there.

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  4. My mum knows how to make crepes.

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  5. Do you have any ivory crepe blouses in medium?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
crinkled fabric:
very thin pancake:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
crinkled fabric:
very thin pancake:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: crepes
Singularcrepe
Pluralcrepes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
fabric:crape
thin pancake:French pancake
Close in meaning
  • a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface:crape
  • paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations:crepe paper
  • small very thin pancake:crapeFrench pancake

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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