jaspé

Etymology

From French jaspé, the past participle of jasper (“to colour motley, so as to imitate jasper”), from jaspe (“jasper”), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek

Adjective

jaspé (comparative more jaspé, superlative most jaspé)

1. Veined or clouded like imitation jasper.
2. Streaked, variegated.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 187:

     He, too, like the advancing Guard and the ground on which he knelt, was patterned jaspé in black shadow and silvery white.

Noun

jaspé (plural jaspés)

1. A shaded, plain-weave cloth type, embroidered or similarly printed

   Jaspé is mainly used for curtains and bedspreads

Anagrams

• japes

Etymology

From jasper, from the noun jaspe, from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek

Verb

jaspé m (feminine singular jaspée, masculine plural jaspés, feminine plural jaspées)

1. past participle of jasper

Adjective

jaspé (feminine singular jaspée, masculine plural jaspés, feminine plural jaspées)

1. jaspé

Further reading

• “jaspé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).