canopy

Meaning

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. (transitive) To cover with or as if with a canopy.
2. (intransitive) 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

Translations

baldaquin

Baldachin

baldacchino

dais

toldo

dosel

baldakijn

marquise

toldo

baldaquín

luifel

baldaquino

dossel

baldaquí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæ.nə.pi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: canapy

Cognate with Ancient Greek: 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.