How do you pronounce 'frappé'?

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How is 'frappé' correctly pronounced? I know that it is from French origin and I used to pronounce it fra-ˈpā (as I've seen on Merriam-Webster). But when my classmates heard me, they corrected me and said it is a one-syllable word without the long a sound. I also hear the local celebrities and other people ordering frappés without the long a. I am from an English-speaking Asian country.

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Frappé is pronounced fruh-pay, if it's a frozen, fruity, sherbet-like thing, or a liqueur poured over shaved ice.

If it's a milkshake thing, it's frappe (note the absence of the accent mark). And then it rhymes with clap.

Presumably that's the reason for some confusion.

Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/frapp%C3%A9

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