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crepe

UK/kɹeɪp/US/kɹeɪp/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,989 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: crepes

A crepe is a very thin pancake, or a crinkled fabric. A crepe with lemon.

The batter is thinner than for a pancake and the pan hotter, which is the whole technique. The fabric sense comes from the same root and means crimped rather than smooth.

David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of crepe

  1. 1nouncrepeA very thin pancake, or a crinkled fabric.B1+

    “The crepe was folded into quarters and eaten in the street.”

crepe is a food.

Also accepted in games: crêpe

Where it comes from

French crepe comes from Latin crispus, curled or crimped, which also gives English crisp.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *(s)ker- (turn)

  2. Latin

    crispus

  3. French

    crêpe

  4. English, today

    crepe

French crêpe, from Latin crispus. a doublet of crisp and crape.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

crepe in the wild

  • Brothel creepers, sometimes shortened to creepers, are a style of shoe that has thick crepe rubber soles, often in combination with suede uppers.

    Brothel creeper

  • The twist in the crepe yarns puckers the fabric slightly in both directions after weaving, giving it some stretch and a slightly rough feel.

    Chiffon (fabric)

  • Traditionally, lamb tail fat was used to fry the crepes.

    Şıllık

  • Danbing, also known as egg pancake or rolled egg crepe, is a Taiwanese breakfast dish.

    Danbing

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.