different between drape vs draper

English

Etymology

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, *dr?pi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *dr?piz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepan? (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reb- (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?e?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

drape (plural drapes)

1. (Britain) A curtain; a drapery.
2. (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
3. (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
4. A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.

Related terms

• drapes

Translations

References

• Time.com: MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes [1]

Verb

drape (third-person singular simple present drapes, present participle draping, simple past and past participle draped)

1. (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
   • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Theory of Greek Tragedy

     The whole people were still draped professionally.

   • a. 1892, George Washington Bungay, The Artists of the Air

     These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.
2. (transitive) To spread over, cover.

3. To rail at; to banter.
   • 1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs

     At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money

4. To make cloth.
5. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
6. To hang or rest limply

Translations

Anagrams

• Padre, dreap, padre, pared, raped, repad

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ap/

Verb

drape

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

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Alternative forms

• dape

Etymology

From *dra (from Dutch daar) + pe.

Adverb

drape

1. there

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman draper, from Old French drapier, from drap + -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?.p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(r)

Noun

draper (plural drapers)

1. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths.

Related terms

• drape
• drapery

Translations

Anagrams

• parred

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French draper (“to drape", also, "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 Old Low Frankish *drap, *dr?p- (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”) from Proto-Germanic *drap-, *dr?p- (“something beaten”), from *drepan? (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”). More at drape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?a.pe/

Verb

draper

1. to drape

Conjugation

Related terms

• drapeau

References

Further reading

• “draper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• perdra