CREPE
What does "CREPE" mean?
A very thin pancake, or a thin crinkled fabric.
Meanings
- A light, thin pancake, often served with sweet or savory fillings. We ordered crepes with lemon and sugar.
- A thin fabric with a wrinkled or crimped surface, often used for mourning dress. She wore a dress of black crepe to the funeral.
- A thin crinkled rubber used for shoe soles. His desert boots had soft crepe soles. technical
Did you know?
- In France, February 2 (Candlemas, or 'La Chandeleur') is informally crepe day - a tradition holds that flipping a crepe while holding a coin will bring prosperity for the year.
Word origin
From French 'crêpe', from Latin 'crispus' meaning 'curled, wrinkled' - the same root behind 'crisp'; both the crinkled fabric and the slightly crinkled pancake take their name from that wrinkle.
Remember it
CREPE shares its 'wrinkle' root with CRISP: the pancake is thin and the fabric is crinkled, both 'curled' from Latin crispus.
A little poem
Pale as a held breath-
the batter swirls, sets, and lifts:
lace you can fold twice.
haiku
Wordplay
- I dated a pancake once, but it was too thin-skinned. Real crepe of a relationship.
What it teaches
Thinness is not weakness; the crepe and the silk both prove how much a single fold can hold.
Quick facts
What does CREPE mean?
A very thin pancake, or a thin crinkled fabric.
Is CREPE a valid word?
Yes — CREPE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CREPE?
CREPE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CREPE come from?
From French 'crêpe', from Latin 'crispus' meaning 'curled, wrinkled' - the same root behind 'crisp'; both the crinkled fabric and the slightly crinkled pancake take their name from that wrinkle.
What can CREPE teach us?
Thinness is not weakness; the crepe and the silk both prove how much a single fold can hold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.