frappé

1 of 2

adjective

frap·​pé fra-ˈpā How to pronounce frappé (audio)
: chilled or partly frozen

frappé

2 of 2

noun

frap·​pé fra-ˈpā How to pronounce frappé (audio)
variants or frappe
ˈfrap How to pronounce frappé (audio)
fra-ˈpā
1
a
: a partly frozen drink (as of fruit juice)
b
: a liqueur served over shaved ice
2
: a thick milkshake

Examples of frappé in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The ‘help’ is not helpful – the hyper-excitement and support turn the project into frappe speed, instead of the daily elbow grease all writers need to get a few pages written every day. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2022 The ‘help’ is not helpful — the hyper-excitement and support turn the project into frappe speed, instead of the daily elbow grease all writers need to get a few pages written every day. Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2022 Francine Murphy-Terry To tell the story of this artist's family migration from Alabama to Akron by creating storytelling workshops based on the Frappe Sipps, a family of funny scarecrows made in soft sculpture that sip tea and frappe punch. Hannah Drown, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2017
Noun
For dessert, there will be Greek pastries, baklava sundaes and coffee, including frappes. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023 Both the frappe and Structure programs paralleled each other in outcome; the Aboriginal sample varied quite a bit in ancestral quanta. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2010 Pair with a vegan frappe: perhaps a Peanut Butter Chocolate Frappe made with Teddie peanut butter. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023 The mobile truck from Saginaw has coffees ranging from a latte to a frappe. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2023 To further explore the admixture within Aboriginals the authors performed a frappe and Structure analysis. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2010 The mocha frappe had a stinging, strong syrup flavor; the caramel tasted like almost nothing; the chicory was somehow even more of a nonentity. Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023 The frappe and Structure results dovetail perfectly with the PCA plots. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2010 Taste: The frappe is a frozen slushy drink with pumpkin and spice flavors. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2020

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

French, from past participle of frapper to strike, chill, from Old French fraper to strike

First Known Use

Adjective

1848, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of frappé was in 1848

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“Frappé.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frapp%C3%A9. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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