frangipani
pronunciation
How to pronounce frangipani in British English:
UK [ˌfrændʒiˈpæni]
How to pronounce frangipani in American English:
US [ˌfrændʒɪ'pænɪ]
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- Noun:
- any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
Word Origin
- frangipani (n.)
- common name of a type of flowering shrub from the West Indies, also fdrangipane, 1670s, for a perfume that had its odor, from French frangipane (16c.), said to be from Frangipani, the family name of the Italian inventor. FRANGIPANI, an illustrious and powerful Roman House, which traces its origin to the 7th c., and attained the summit of its glory in the 11th and 12th centuries. ... The origin of the name Frangipani is attributed to the family's benevolent distribution of bread in time of famine. ["Chambers's Encyclopædia," 1868] Frangipane as a type of pastry is from 1858.
Example
- 1. I pretend I am walking over to a frangipani tree but I slow down .
- 2. By the end , she is incarcerated in an attic room , in a cold foreign country , but still dreaming of " the smell of vetivet and frangipani , of cinnamon and dust and lime trees " .
- 3. The all-terrain vehicle ploughs through roads of red dust and the hot summer air is thick with dragonflies as we pass eucalyptus , waxy-leaved fragrant frangipani and mango trees .
- 4. So when ms. de pasquale decided to build a set of luxury apartments on the site of the old family beach house , she named it the gold coast frangipani in memory of her grandmother .