tapenade

/ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/

tapenade noun: a Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.

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Noun

tapenade (countable and uncountable, plural tapenades)

A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.

tapenade meaning in Bengali

tapenade in Bengali

কেপার

Forms of tapenade

plural	tapenades

Origin of tapenade

Borrowed from French tapenade, from Provençal and Occitan tapenada, tapenado, a diminutive of tapeno (“caper”), variant of tàpero, from Old Occitan tapera, from Latin capparis (“caper”). Influenced by Old Occitan tapia (“rammed earth”), referring to caper bushes growing against buildings made of rammed earth.

Words formed from tapenade

pepperade

Questions about tapenade

What does tapenade mean?: Tapenade means a Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.
What is tapenade in Bengali?: Tapenade in Bengali is কেপার. See Tapenade meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tapenade?: Tapenade is a noun.
How do you pronounce tapenade?: Tapenade is pronounced /ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/.
What is the plural of tapenade?: The plural of tapenade is tapenades.

Words near tapenade in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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