different between crame vs crape

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German kr?m (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic gram? (gram?, “pub, inn”) or ?r?m? (?r?m?, “tent”).

Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.

Noun

crame (plural crames)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
2. (chiefly Scotland) A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit

References

Etymology 2

Variant of cram.

Verb

crame

1. Archaic spelling of cram.

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, cream, crema, macer, recam

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: crament, crames

Verb

crame

1. first-person singular present indicative of cramer
2. third-person singular present indicative of cramer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cramer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cramer
5. second-person singular imperative of cramer

English

Etymology

Alteration of French crepe, from Middle French crespe (“curly”), from Latin crispus. Doublet of crisp and crepe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?p, IPA^(key): /k?e?p/
• Homophones: crepe, crêpe
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

crape (countable and uncountable, plural crapes)

1. Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
2. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

Translations

Verb

crape (third-person singular simple present crapes, present participle craping, simple past and past participle craped)

1. (transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

   a machine for craping silk

   • July 24, 1786, Frances Burney (aka Madame d'Arblay), diary

     the hour for curling and craping the hair

2. (transitive) To clothe in crape.

Anagrams

• Pacer, caper, pacer, recap

Neapolitan

Noun

crape

1. plural of crapa

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krape]

Verb

crape

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of cr?pa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of cr?pa