canapés
canapés is the plural of canapé.
Meaning of canapé
Noun
canapé (plural canapés)
- An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
- A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.
- Oliver was sitting on the edge of the canapé, swinging one leg over the other; and he stopped abruptly and stared, and then sank back, laughing softly to himself.1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 29
Questions about canapés
- What is canapés the plural of?
- Canapés is the plural of canapé.
Words near canapés in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: canapés (page history and authors); canapé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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