crepe

See also: crêpe, crêpé, and Crêpe

English

A stack of crepes (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• crêpe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kɹeɪp/, /kɹɛp/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪp, -ɛp

Noun

crepe (countable and uncountable, plural crepes)

1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
   • 2009 March 15, Amanda Hesser, “1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.

   • 2024 October 3, Jamie Donnelly, “A foodie’s guide to Tucson Meet Yourself”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 147, number 277, Tucson, Ariz.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Caliente” section, page 10, column 3:

     Aside from their pierogis, their menu also includes Ukrainian borscht soup, nalysnyky crepes and uzvar, a traditional drink made out of dried fruits and honey.

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• crepe fern (Leptopteris superba)
• crepe flower (Lagerstroemia indica)
• crepe gardenia (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
• crepe ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus)
• crepehanger
• crepehanging
• crepe jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
• crepelike
• creper
• crepey

Related terms

• crêpe de Chine, crepe de Chine
• crêpe paper

Translations

very thin pancake

• Breton: krampouezhenn (br)
• Catalan: crep (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: pandekage (da) c
• Esperanto: krepo
• Finnish: kreppi (fi)
• French: crêpe (fr) f
• Galician: filloa (gl) f, freixó (gl) m
• German: Crêpe (de) f or m
• Hebrew: קרפ (he) m (krep)
• Hungarian: palacsinta (hu)
• Ido: krespo (io), krespeto
• Italian: crespella (it) f, frittella (it) f
• Japanese: クレープ (ja) (kurēpu)
• Korean: 크레프 (keurepeu)
• Polish: naleśnik (pl) m, crêpe (pl) n
• Russian: (тонкий (ru) (tonkij)) блин (ru) (blin)
• Spanish: crepa (es) f, crep (es) m or f, crepe (es) m or f
• Swedish: crêpes (sv) c pl, tunnpannkaka (sv) c
• Yiddish: קרעפּ m (krep)

crinkled fabric

• Catalan: crepè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縐綢 / 绉绸 (zh) (zhòuchóu), 縐紗 / 绉纱 (zh) (zhòushā)

• Finnish: kreppikangas
• French: crêpe (fr) m
• German: Krepp (de) m
• Hebrew: קְרֵפּ (he) m (krep)
• Ido: krepo (io)
• Italian: crespo (it) m
• Japanese: 縮緬 (ja) (ちりめん, chirimen)
• Portuguese: crepom (pt) m
• Russian: креп (ru) m (krep)
• Spanish: crespón (es) m
• Tagalog: krespon

crepe paper — see crêpe paper

type of rubber used for shoe soles — see crepe rubber

death notice

Verb

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).

Translations

to make paper look like crepe paper

• Finnish: krepata, rypyttää (fi)

Anagrams

• CREEP, Perce, Percé, creep, perce

Danish

Alternative forms

• krep

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crêpe, Derived from Latin crispus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʁab]

Noun

crepe n (singular definite crepet, not used in plural form)

1. (textiles, uncountable) thin (cotton) fabric with dense, irregular wrinkles in the lengthwise direction

   Coordinate term: piskesmæld

Declension

Declension of crepe

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	crepe	crepet	-	-
genitive	crepes	crepets	-	-

Derived terms

• crepenylon
• crepe de chine
• crepe georgette

Etymology 2

See above.

Noun

crepe c (singular definite crepen, plural indefinite crepes)

1. crepe

Declension

Declension of crepe

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	crepe	crepen	crepes	crepesene
genitive	crepes	crepens	crepes'	crepesenes

Further reading

• “crepe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Noun

crepe f

1. plural of crepa

Anagrams

• prece

Middle English

Verb

crepe

1. Alternative form of crepen

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crīspus. Doublet of crespo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: cre‧pe

Noun

crepe m (plural crepes)

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

Spanish

Verb

crepe

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