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canape

canape is the alternative spelling of canapé.

Meaning of canapé

Noun

canapé (plural canapés)

  1. An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
  2. 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

Forms of canape

pluralcanapes

Questions about canape

What is canape the alternative spelling of?
Canape is the alternative spelling of canapé.

Words near canape in the dictionary

  1. Cananor
  2. Canans
  3. Cananæan
  4. Cananæans
  5. Canapawan
  6. canape
  7. canapes
  8. canaphite
  9. canapé
  10. canapés
  11. Canaque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canape (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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