kapetan

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapětaːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pe‧tan

Noun

kapètān m (Cyrillic spelling капѐта̄н)

1. captain (rank)

   Synonym: (Croatian) sȁtnīk

2. (Croatia) captain (of a team)

   Synonym: (Bosnian, Serbian) kapiten

Declension

Declension of kapetan

	singular	plural
nominative	kapètān	kapetani
genitive	kapetána	kapetana
dative	kapetanu	kapetanima
accusative	kapetana	kapetane
vocative	kapetane	kapetani
locative	kapetanu	kapetanima
instrumental	kapetanom	kapetanima

Further reading

• “kapetan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapéːtan/

Noun

kapẹ̑tan m anim (female equivalent kapétanka)

1. captain (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
2. captain (one of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kapétan
gen. sing.	kapétana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kapétan	kapétana	kapétani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kapétana	kapétanov	kapétanov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kapétanu	kapétanoma	kapétanom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kapétana	kapétana	kapétane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kapétanu	kapétanih	kapétanih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kapétanom	kapétanoma	kapétani

Further reading

• “kapetan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran