Noun: nappe
| Singular | nappe |
| Plural | nappes |
Sample Sentences
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The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes. [2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96:]
Nouns inflected like nappe
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape. See: French Nouns '
nappe'.