cappa
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capa and cape.
NounEdit
cappa (plural cappae)
- (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
cappa (plural cappas)
- (colloquial) A cappuccino.
- 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick, page 211:
- I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.
- 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick, page 211:
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Late Latin cappa.
NounEdit
cappa f (plural cappe)
Derived termsEdit
- cappotto (“overcoat”)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Aromanian: capã
Etymology 2Edit
From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).
NounEdit
cappa m or f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter K.; kay
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Disputed. The leading theory is that it is perhaps the shortened form of capitulāre (“head tax”), from caput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput-. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension
- (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cappa | cappae |
Genitive | cappae | cappārum |
Dative | cappae | cappīs |
Accusative | cappam | cappās |
Ablative | cappā | cappīs |
Vocative | cappa | cappae |
Derived termsEdit
- cappella
- capellus (Medieval Latin)
- *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)
- *excappō (Vulgar Latin)
DescendantsEdit
- Borrowings
ReferencesEdit
- cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cappa f (plural cappas)