kapuĉo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French capuche and Italian cappuccio. Compare German Kapuze, Yiddish קאַפּישאָן (kapishon), Russian капюшо́н (kapjušón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈput͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃo
• Hyphenation: ka‧pu‧ĉo

Noun

kapuĉo (accusative singular kapuĉon, plural kapuĉoj, accusative plural kapuĉojn)

1. hood (head covering)
   • 1916, L. L. Zamenhof, “Infano en la tombo”, in Fabeloj Plena Kolekto [Fables, the Full Collection]‎^[1], part IV, Heroldo de Esperanto, translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, published 1963:

     ...homo, kovrita de granda funebra mantelo, kies kapuĉo estis tirita antaŭen super lia kapo.

     ...a person, covered by a large funeral cloak, whose hood was pulled forwards above his head.

   • 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 6:

     ...kun brilegaj okuloj sub malhele verda kapuĉo.

     ...with shining eyes under a dark green hood.

2. (automotive) roof (of a car)
3. (nautical) wind scoop (of a boat)
4. (engineering) cone-shaped shell (covering the top of another piece)

Derived terms

• kapuĉi (“to cover with a hood”)
• kamenkapuĉo (“the 'hood' (smoke chamber) of a fireplace”)

Related terms

• baŝliko (“bashlyk”)

References

“kapuĉo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020