canapé

[ kan-uh-pee, -pey; French ka-na-pey ]

noun

, plural can·a·pés [kan, -, uh, -peez, -peyz, k, a, -n, a, -, pey].

1. a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
2. Furniture. a sofa of 18th-century France, made in any of several forms, often with matching chairs.
3. Bridge. a style of bidding in which short suits are bid before long ones.

canapé

/ -ˌpeɪ; ˈkænəpɪ; kanape /

noun

1. a small piece of bread, toast, etc, spread with a savoury topping
2. (in French cabinetwork) a sofa

Word History and Origins

Origin of canapé¹

1885–90; < French: literally, a covering or netting, originally for a bed ( canopy ), by extension for a piece of bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of canapé¹

C19: from French: sofa

Example Sentences

People who aren’t thrilled to be at your wedding, for whatever reason, are the ones you don’t really want there anyway, grabbing at canapés and begrudging their way through your careful hospitality.

From Washington Post

The resulting bread slices were perfect for little snack bites, mini sandwiches, or to serve as the base for canapés.

From Eater

She donated some of the canapé ingredients to charitable groups and discarded the rest.

From Washington Post

The post Care packages replace canapés as Coronavirus cancels media holiday party extravagances appeared first on Digiday.

From Digiday

A party was in progress on the beach, and canape-carrying waiters stepped over and around him.

From The Daily Beast

It consists of oysters, a canape, a fruit cocktail, grapefruit or something else of the same kind.

From Project Gutenberg

She and Peter were in the pantry, deep in the manufacture of a certain sort of canape.

From Project Gutenberg

An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.

From Project Gutenberg

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