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tapenade

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/
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/ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/ · /ˌtɑ.pəˈnɑːd/ · /ˈtɑ.pəˌnɑːd/

Definition of tapenade

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French tapenade, from Provençal and Occitan tapenada, tapenado, a diminutive of tapeno (“caper”), variant of tàpero, from Old Occitan tapera, from Latin capparis (“caper”). Influenced by Old Occitan tapia (“rammed earth”), referring to caper bushes growing against buildings made of rammed earth.

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