cappa

See also: Cappa and čáppa

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpə/
  • Rhymes: -æpə
• Homophones: kappa

NounEdit

cappa (plural cappae)

1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

Related termsEdit

• cappula

AnagramsEdit

• AACPP

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin cappa.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/, [ˈkäppä]
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp‧pa
• Homophone: kappa

NounEdit

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. Alternative form of kappa
5. cape

Derived termsEdit

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Perhaps the shortened form of capitulāre (“head tax”), from caput. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/

NounEdit

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

DeclensionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cappa	cappae
genitive	cappae	cappārum
dative	cappae	cappīs
accusative	cappam	cappās
ablative	cappā	cappīs
vocative	cappa	cappae

Derived termsEdit

• cappella
• *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)

DescendantsEdit

• Aromanian: capã
• Catalan: capa
• Danish: kappe, kåbe
• Dutch: kap
• English: cape, cappa, chape, chaperon, cope
• French: chape, chaperon, cape
• Friulian: cape
• German: Cape, Kappe
• Greek: κάπα (kápa)
• Icelandic: kápa
• Italian: cappa

• Norwegian Bokmål: cape, kappe, kåpe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cape, kappe, kåpe
• Occitan: capa
• Old French: chape
• Portuguese: capa
• Romanian: capă
• Lower Sorbian: kapa
• Sicilian: cappa
• Spanish: capa
• Swedish: cape, kappa, kåpa
• Venetian: capa

ReferencesEdit

• cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ

SynonymsEdit

• kappa