noun
crepe
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noun
1
A thin, light pancake, typically served rolled or folded with a filling.
"They ordered crepes with lemon and sugar for dessert."
2
A thin fabric or paper with a crinkled texture.
"The dress was made of black crepe."
How to Use Crepe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a thin French pancake, or a crinkled fabric/paper.
Easily confused with
crape
Word Forms
creped past tense, crepes plural, crepes singular
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Etymology
From French crêpe, from Latin crispus, "curled" — a doublet of the English words "crisp" and "crape".