crepe

1. 1.

   paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations

   Synonymscrepe paper

   Broaderpaper
2. 2.

   small very thin pancake

   SynonymscrapeFrench pancake

   Broaderpancake

   Narrowercrepe Suzette
3. 3.

   a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

   Synonymscrape

   Broaderfabric

   NarrowerCanton crepecrepe de Chinemarocain

1. 1.

   cover or drape with crape

   “crape the mirror”

   Synonymscrape

   Broadercover

Other forms of crepe

plural

crepes·

past tense

creped·

present participle

creping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crepe

What does crepe mean?

crepe means "paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crepe?

crepe has 1 syllable: crepe. In IPA it is /ˈkɹeɪp/.

What is another word for crepe?

Close synonyms include crepe paper, crape, French pancake, crape, crape. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crepe a common word?

crepe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.