tapenade

noun

ta·​pe·​nade ˌtä-pə-ˈnäd How to pronounce tapenade (audio)
: a seasoned spread made chiefly with mashed black olives, capers, and anchovies

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The turkey sandwich came loaded with sprouts, olive tapenade, mozzarella and red pepper aioli. Nicole Cobler, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025 At Four Twenty Five, chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s midtown palace of fine dining, dig into a lunch of butternut squash soup with kohlrabi sauerkraut and pumpkin seed tapenade and pan-roasted hake served with a hakurei turnip–jalapeno emulsion. Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025 There's an organic vegetable garden and fruit trees that provide ingredients for jams and tapenades. Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024 The tannins are opulent yet smooth and showcase flavors of cassis, black olive tapenade, chocolate, and graphite. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tapenade 

Word History

Etymology

French tapénade, from Occitan tapenado, from tapeno caper, ultimately from Latin capparis — more at caper entry 3

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tapenade was in 1952

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“Tapenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tapenade. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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