# Dieppe

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /diˈɛp/ · frequency rank #63,560

## Definitions
1. A coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
2. A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Depe, from Middle French Diepe; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Dieppe.
The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dieppe