cape
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle French cap, from Latin caput (“head”).
Noun [edit]
cape (plural capes)
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
Synonyms [edit]
- chersonese
- peninsula
- point (item 2.5)
Translations [edit]
headland
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).
Noun [edit]
cape (plural capes)
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
Translations [edit]
garment
See also [edit]
Verb [edit]
cape (third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped)
- (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
- The ship capes southwest by south.
- (obsolete) To gape.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
cape f (plural capes)
Verb [edit]
cape
- first-person singular present indicative of caper
- third-person singular present indicative of caper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
- second-person singular imperative of caper
Indonesian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
cape
- tired (slang)
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
cape f
- Plural form of capa
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
cape
- second-person singular present active imperative of capiō
- "capture thou, seize thou, take thou"
- "take thou on"
- "take thou in, understand thou"
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English cape, from French, from Medieval Latin . Cognate with kappe (“cloak”), kåpe (“cloak”)
Noun [edit]
cape m
- cape (sleeveless garment used by women)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of cape
References [edit]
- “cape” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
- “cape” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
cape c
- cape (sleeveless garment used by women)
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Geography
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English verbs
- en:Nautical
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Clothing
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French verb forms
- Indonesian adjectives
- Italian plurals
- Latin verb forms
- Norwegian terms derived from English
- Norwegian terms derived from French
- Norwegian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Norwegian nouns
- no:Clothing
- Swedish nouns