drape

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From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhreb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: драпирам (drapiram) — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Czech: přikrýt — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Czech: zakrýt — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Czech: pokrýt — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Dutch: bekleden — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Estonian: drapeerima — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Finnish: peittää — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Finnish: drapeerata — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• French: draper — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• German: drapieren — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Italian: drappeggiare — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Italian: tappezzare — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Portuguese: drapejar — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Romanian: drapa — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Spanish: cubrir — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Spanish: colocar — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Spanish: acomodar — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Spanish: drapear — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Swedish: drapera — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Ottoman Turkish: زارلامق (zarlamak) — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Ukrainian: драпірувати (drapiruvaty) — to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
• Bulgarian: обвивам (obvivam) — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Finnish: peittää — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Italian: tappezzare — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Māori: tiepa — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Ukrainian: вкривати (vkryvaty) — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Ukrainian: вкриватися (vkryvatysja) — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Ukrainian: покривати (pokryvaty) — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Ukrainian: загортатися (zahortatysja) — To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing
• Finnish: hassutella — to rail at; to banter
• Estonian: drapeerima — to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.
• Finnish: drapeerata — to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.
• German: drapieren — to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.
• Swedish: drapera — to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.
• Czech: rozvěsit — to hang or rest limpily
• Czech: přehodit — to hang or rest limpily
• Finnish: roikkua — to hang or rest limpily
• Māori: tiepa — to hang or rest limpily
• Ukrainian: завішувати (zavišuvaty) — to hang or rest limpily
• Ukrainian: висіти (vysity) — to hang or rest limpily