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noun, masculine

canapé

/ka.na.pe/

noun, masculine/ka.na.pe/plural: canapés

sofa; piece of bread covered with some savory (finger) food; nibble (small bits of food, e.g. at a party)

From Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of canōpēum (“mosquito net”)), itself from Latin cōnōpēum (“seat with a canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”). Cognate with English canopy.