cap

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      English

      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

      From Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa.

      Noun

      cap (plural caps)

      1. A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
        The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
      2. A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
      3. An academic mortarboard
      4. A protective cover or seal
        He took the cap of the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
      5. A crown for covering a tooth
        He had golden caps on his teeth.
      6. The summit of a mountain etc.
        There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
      7. An artificial upper limit or ceiling
        We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
      8. The top part of a mushroom
      9. (cricket) The cap worn by players as protection from the sun; the cap awarded to a player when first selected to play for a side
      10. A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun
        Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
      11. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives
        He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
      12. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
        • 2001: Charles Jade, Jade goes to Metreon
          Did he think they were going to put a cap in his ass right in the middle of Metreon?
      13. (soccer) An international appearance
        Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
      14. (finance) An upper limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by borrowers to defend against interest rate increases. Opposite of a floor.
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      Hyponyms
      Derived terms
      Translations
      head covering
      head-covering to indicate rank etc.
      academic mortarboard
      protective cover or seal
      crown covering a tooth
      summit of a mountain
      artificial upper limit
      top part of a mushroom
      gunpowder charge for a toy gun
      small amount of explosive used as detonator
      bullet
      soccer: international appearance
      cricket cap
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      Verb

      cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

      1. (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap
      2. (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
      3. (transitive) To lie over or on top of something
      4. (transitive) To surpass or outdo
      5. (transitive) To set an upper limit on something
        cap wages.
      6. (transitive) To make something even more wonderful at the end.
        That really capped my day.
      7. (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side
      8. (transitive, slang) To shoot someone
        If he don't get outta my hood, I'm gonna cap his ass.
      9. (transitive, sports) to select to play for the national team.
        Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.
      10. (transitive, obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
        (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
      Translations
      to cover or seal with a cap
      to lie over or on top of something
      to surpass or outdo

      Etymology 2

      From capitalization, by shortening.

      Noun

      cap (plural caps)

      1. (finance) Capitalization.
      Derived terms
      • market cap

      Etymology 3

      From capital, by shortening.

      Noun

      cap (plural caps)

      1. (informal) An uppercase letter.
      Translations
      informal: uppercase letter

      Verb

      cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

      1. (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.

      Anagrams

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      Aromanian

      Etymology

      From Latin caput.

      Noun

      cap

      1. head
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      Catalan

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Latin caput. Compare also French personne (which can mean either “person” or “nobody”).

      Noun

      cap m (plural caps)

      1. head
      2. boss, chief, leader
      3. cape (piece of land)

      Determiner

      cap m, f (invariable)

      1. no, not any, (usually with no or other negative particle), example no hi ha cap iogurt de maduixa ("there is not any strawberry flavoured yogurt")
      2. any, (in questions and suppositions), example que hi falta __cap__ peça? ("is there __any__ missing piece?")

      Pronoun

      cap

      1. none, not one (usually with no or other negative particle), (usually with no or other negative particle), example no n'hi ha cap de maduixa ("there is not any strawberry flavoured one")
      1. any one, , (in questions and suppositions), example que en falta __cap__? ("is there __any one__ missing?")

      Preposition

      cap

      1. towards, to

      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From caber.

      Verb

      cap

      1. Third-person singular present indicative form of cabre.
      2. Second-person singular imperative form of cabre.
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      French

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cap m (plural caps)

      1. (geography) cape
      2. (archaic) head
      3. (nautical) heading
      4. (Quebec, geography) cap (summit of a mountain)

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      Indonesian

      Noun

      cap

      1. seal
      2. stamp
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      Lojban

      Rafsi

      cap

      1. rafsi of ckape.
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      Occitan

      Etymology

      From Latin caput.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cap m (plural caps)

      1. head (of the body)
      2. cape, headland
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      Romanian

      Etymology 1

      From Latin *capum, from caput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cap n (plural capete)

      1. head
      Declension
      declension of cap
      singular plural
      gender n indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
      nominative/accusative un cap capul niște capete capetele
      genitive/dative unui cap capului unor capete capetelor
      Derived terms
      Related terms

      Etymology 2

      From French cap.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cap n (plural capuri)

      1. cape (headland)
      Declension
      declension of cap
      singular plural
      gender n indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
      nominative/accusative un cap capul niște capuri capurile
      genitive/dative unui cap capului unor capuri capurilor
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      Slovak

      Noun

      cap m (plural capy, genitive capa)declension pattern chlap for singular, dub for plural

      1. a male goat

      Derived terms

      • capí

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