kanapé

See also: kanape, kanapē, and kanapė

Danish

Alternative forms

• kanape, canapé, canape

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanape/, [kʰanaˈpʰe] or IPA^(key): /kanapeː/, [kʰanaˈpʰeːˀ]

Noun

kanapé c (singular definite kanapéen, plural indefinite kanapéer)

1. canapé (a bite size slice open-faced sandwich; elegant sofa)

Inflection

Declension of kanapé

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanapé	kanapéen	kanapéer	kanapéerne
genitive	kanapés	kanapéens	kanapéers	kanapéernes

Hungarian

Etymology

From French canapé via German Kanapee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒnɒpeː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
• Rhymes: -peː

Noun

kanapé (plural kanapék)

1. canapé (elegant sofa)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kanapé

2. canapé (an open-faced sandwich)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanapé	kanapék
accusative	kanapét	kanapékat
dative	kanapénak	kanapéknak
instrumental	kanapéval	kanapékkal
causal-final	kanapéért	kanapékért
translative	kanapévá	kanapékká
terminative	kanapéig	kanapékig
essive-formal	kanapéként	kanapékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kanapéban	kanapékban
superessive	kanapén	kanapékon
adessive	kanapénál	kanapéknál
illative	kanapéba	kanapékba
sublative	kanapéra	kanapékra
allative	kanapéhoz	kanapékhoz
elative	kanapéból	kanapékból
delative	kanapéról	kanapékról
ablative	kanapétól	kanapéktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kanapéé	kanapéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kanapééi	kanapékéi

Possessive forms of kanapé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kanapém	kanapéim
2nd person sing.	kanapéd	kanapéid
3rd person sing.	kanapéja	kanapéi
1st person plural	kanapénk	kanapéink
2nd person plural	kanapétok	kanapéitok
3rd person plural	kanapéjuk	kanapéik

Further reading

• kanapé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

An assortment of canapés for eating.

Alternative forms

• kanape

Etymology

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

A canapé for sitting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈpeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧pé
• Homophone: kanape

Noun

kanapé m (definite singular kanapéen or kanapeen, indefinite plural kanapéer or kanapeer, definite plural kanapéene or kanapeene)

1. (furniture) a canapé (older type of upholstered sofa with a back, armrests and 6-8 legs, shaped like several continuous chairs)
   • 1861, Camilla Collett, Fortællinger, page 19:

     hun [sank] om paa kanapeen. Jeg rendte forstyrret omkring for at finde hendes lugtedaase

     she [sank] on the canapé. I ran around confused to find her scent box

   • 1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger I, page 6:

     ikke før var pastoren kommet tilsæde paa kanapéen inde i stuen og ordre givet til den varme punsch, før han krammede ud med sine nyheder

     not before had the pastor sat down on the canapé inside the living room and given orders for the hot punch before he hugged out with his news

   • (Can we date this quote?), Sigrid Undset, Samlede romaner og fortællinger fra nutiden III, page 22:
   • 2002, Ragnhild Nilstun, For kjærlighets skyld:

     det meste av dagen halvt satt han på kanapéen ved det åpne vinduet

     most of the day he sat on the canapé by the open window

2. a canapé (an hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.)
   • 1987, Dag Solstad, Roman 1987, page 67:

     kanapéer lå på sølvfat i lange rekker

     canapés lay on silver platters in long rows

   • 2005, Jan Kjærstad, Kongen av Europa:

     hun grabbet til seg en håndfull kanapeer på veien, kniste, rakte ham én

     she grabbed a handful of canapés on the road, giggled, handed him one

Derived terms

• kanapébord (“canapé table”)

References

• “kanapé” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kanapé” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kanapé” in Store norske leksikon
• “kanapé (sofa)” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• kanape, pakaen