tapenade

Meaning

A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.

Synonyms

anchovy

Niçoise salad

Translations

tapenade

tapenada

Anchovis

Anschove

Sardelle

Anchovi

αντσούγια

ταπενάντ

anchois

acciuga

alice

ansjovis

anchòia

anchova

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Provençal: tapia

In summary

Borrowed from French tapenade, from Provençal and Occitan tapenada, tapenado, a diminutive of tapeno (“caper”), variant of tàpero, from Old Occitan tapera, from Latin capparis (“caper”).
Influenced by Old Occitan tapia (“rammed earth”), referring to caper bushes growing against buildings made of rammed earth.