frappé

Meanings

Noun

• A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert or appetizer.
• A liqueur or cocktail served on shaved ice.
• A movement where the foot is struck against the floor over the ankle in ballet or other forms of dance.

Adjective

• Iced; cooled.

Origin

• Borrowed from French frappé, past participle of frapper, from Old French fraper, from Old Low Franconian *hrappan 'to jerk, snatch', from Proto-Germanic *hrappijaną, from *hrapaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krob.