canapé
Portuguese, noun/ka.naˈpɛ/
canapé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “canapé (a bite-size slice open-faced sandwich)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de sofá com costas e braços”.
What does canapé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanapé (a bite-size slice open-faced sandwich)
- 2
masculinecanapé (a type of elegant sofa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de sofá com costas e braços 2. pedaço de torrada coberta de pasta apetitosa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of canapé
- canapés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canapé?
- Brazil /ka.naˈpɛ/
- Portugal /kɐ.nɐˈpɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canapé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canapé in Portuguese?
canapé appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).