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canapé

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈkænəpeɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: canapè — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Czech: jednohubka — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Danish: kanapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Finnish: cocktailleipä — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Finnish: kanapee — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • French: canapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • German: Kanapee — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • German: Schnittchen — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Greek: καναπεδάκι (kanapedáki) — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Hungarian: zsúrszendvics — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Hungarian: miniszendvics — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Hungarian: koktélszendvics — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Hungarian: kanapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Indonesian: canapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Italian: canapè — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Italian: crostino — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Italian: tartina — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Japanese: カナッペ (kanappe) — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Korean: 카나페 (kanape) — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Northern Kurdish: kanepe — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kanapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Polish: kanapka — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Portuguese: canapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Russian: канапе́ (kanapɛ́) — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Spanish: canapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Swedish: kanapé — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Swedish: snittar — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Turkish: kanepe — a bite-sized slice open-faced sandwich
  • Albanian: kanape — elegant sofa
  • Belarusian: кана́па (kanápa) — elegant sofa
  • Bulgarian: канапе́ (kanapé) — elegant sofa
  • Catalan: canapè — elegant sofa
  • Danish: kanapé — elegant sofa
  • Dutch: canapé — elegant sofa
  • Esperanto: kanapo — elegant sofa
  • Estonian: kanapee — elegant sofa
  • Finnish: kanapee — elegant sofa
  • French: canapé — elegant sofa
  • German: Kanapee — elegant sofa
  • Greek: καναπές (kanapés) — elegant sofa
  • Hungarian: kanapé — elegant sofa
  • Ido: kanapeo — elegant sofa
  • Italian: canapè — elegant sofa
  • Northern Kurdish: qenepe — elegant sofa
  • Macedonian: канабе (kanabe) — elegant sofa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kanapé — elegant sofa
  • Polish: kanapa — elegant sofa
  • Portuguese: canapé — elegant sofa
  • Romanian: canapea — elegant sofa
  • Russian: канапе́ (kanapɛ́) — elegant sofa
  • Serbo-Croatian: кана̀пе̄ — elegant sofa
  • Serbo-Croatian: kanàpē — elegant sofa
  • Slovene: kanape — elegant sofa
  • Spanish: canapé — elegant sofa
  • Turkish: kanepe — elegant sofa
  • Ukrainian: кана́па (kanápa) — elegant sofa