canopy

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Verb

1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

Synonyms

awning

baldachin

tester

cover

marquee

umbrella

☔

baldaquin

covering

dome

bed curtains

leaf canopy

cap

top

🔝

tent

⛺

sunshade

shack

shed

encase

engulf

fell

flood

grow over

hood

howdah

incase

include

lean-to

lid

mantle

marquise

mask

😷

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

overgrow

parasol

paste

pavilion

pinnacle

roof

set

shade

shadow

shroud

smother

strew

submerge

tabernacle

thatched roof

white out

trellis

umbra

vault

vaulting

veil

whiteout

blank out

drown out

top out

priestly minstrel’s reed hood

canopy layer

tree canopy

appentice

canopy cover

crown canopy

crown cover

forest canopy

tree cover

mound over

porte-cochere

cloth of estate

weather shed

arch

spray hood

aureole

bathe

blanket

block out

cake

🍰

carpet

case

casing

ceiling

cloak

clothe

conceal

cupola

curtain

disguise

drape

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle English: canapy

Cognate with Antieke Grieks: κώνωψ

In summary

From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.