cappa

See also: Cappa and čáppa

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of cape.

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

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

Related terms

• cappula

Etymology 2

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• AACPP

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

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

Derived terms

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

Related terms

• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

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 terms

• cappella
• *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)
• *excappō (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

• Aromanian: capã
• Catalan: capa
• Danish: kappe, kåbe
• Dutch: kap
• English: cape, cappa, chape, chaperon, cope
• French: chape, chaperon, cape
• Friulian: cape
• German: Cape, Kappe
  • Swiss High German: Käppi
    • English: kepi
• Galician: capa
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian: kapa
• Sicilian: cappa
• Spanish: capa
• Swedish: cape, kappa, kåpa
• Venetian: capa

References

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ

Synonyms

• kappa