fool's cap

See also: foolscap

English

Fool's cap.

Etymology

fool (“jester, entertainer”) + cap

Noun

fool's cap

1. A cap, usually brightly coloured with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool.

Related terms

• foolscap

Translations

cap with bells and tassels

• Afrikaans: sotskap, narrekap
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小丑帽 (xiǎochǒumào)

• Dutch: zotskap (nl) f, narrenkap f
• Finnish: narrinhattu
• French: bonnet de fou m, bonnet de bouffon m
• German: Narrenkappe f
• Italian: berretto a sonagli, berretto da giullare m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narrelue m or f, narrehette m or f

• Portuguese: carapuça com guizos f
• Russian: шутовско́й колпа́к (ru) (šutovskój kolpák), (archaic) дура́цки́й колпа́к (duráckíj kolpák)
• Swedish: narrmössa (sv) c