grappa

Borrowed from Italian grappa. Doublet of grape.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑpə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæpə/
• Rhymes: -æpə

grappa (countable and uncountable, plural grappas)

1. (uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace.
2. (countable) A variety or serving of grappa.
   • 2007 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times‎:

     Wines, a few cocktails and grappas but no mixed drinks: 34 Downing Street (Bedford Street)

grappa m (plural grappys)

1. grape

• gwedhen grappys

grappa

1. grappa

< Italian grappa

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑpːɑ/, [ˈɡrɑpːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): grap‧pa

grappa

1. grappa

or

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: gràp‧pa

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. a metal rod bent at the ends
2. brace (arrangement for producing tension)
3. (typography) Synonym of graffa

Borrowed from Lombardic grapa (“bunch (of grapes)”), from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).

grappa f (plural grappe)

1. grappa

   Synonym: acquavite

• grappa¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grappa² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana