clapon

Romanian

Alternative forms

• caplon, capon, capun, căpun — obsolete or archaic
• клапон (clapon) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kapłon, with metathesis, itself from German Kapaun, ultimately from Latin cāpō. Variants without the -l- from Greek καπόνι (kapóni) and partly South Slavic languages (cf. Serbo-Croatian kopun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaˈpon/

Noun

clapon m (plural claponi)

1. capon

Declension

Declension of clapon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) clapon	claponul	(niște) claponi	claponii
genitive/dative	(unui) clapon	claponului	(unor) claponi	claponilor
vocative	claponule		claponilor

Further reading

• clapon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)