canopy
pronunciation
How to pronounce canopy in British English:
UK [ˈkænəpi]
How to pronounce canopy in American English:
US [ˈkænəpi]
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- Noun:
- the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
- the umbrella-like part of a parachute that fills with air
- a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
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- Verb:
- cover with a canopy
Word Origin
- canopy
- canopy: [14] Etymologically, a canopy is a ‘mosquito net’. The word comes ultimately from Greek kōnōpeion, a derivative of kónops ‘mosquito’. This passed via Latin cōnōpūum into medieval Latin as canopeum, which meant both ‘mosquito net’ and ‘couch with such a net’. English adopted it directly from Latin as canope or canape, meaning ‘covering suspended over a throne, bed, etc’.The French version of the word, however, concentrated on other aspects of canopeum’s meaning; French canapé means ‘couch, sofa’. Its metaphorical extension, ‘piece of bread or biscuit with a savoury topping’, was borrowed into English towards the end of the 19th century.=> canapé
- canopy (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French conope "bed-curtain" (Modern French canapé), from Medieval Latin canopeum, dissimilated from Latin conopeum, from Greek konopeion "Egyptian couch with mosquito curtains," from konops "mosquito, gnat," which is of unknown origin. The same word (canape) in French, Spanish, and Portuguese now means "sofa, couch." Italian canape is a French loan word.
- canopy (v.)
- c. 1600, from canopy (n.). Related: Canopied; canopying.
Example
- 1. Rain dripped through the canopy .
- 2. After supper in the hotel garden under a canopy of plane trees , it was time to catch the night train to warsaw .
- 3. This month , it 's installing javelin , the first system that can send temperature , humidity and wind data from beneath the tree canopy , letting officials monitor at-risk areas .
- 4. The canopy was 50 feet high ; the path , obstructed by boulders and fallen trees , was at times more a river than a road , at others littered with great piles of fresh elephant dung .
- 5. Located in portland the home 's lot is a fast sloping grade which according to oshatz 's site , " provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house . "