cape

See also capé

English

Cape Cod.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kāp, IPA: /keɪp/, SAMPA: /keIp/

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• Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology 1

Middle French cap, from Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

cape (plural capes)

1. (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Synonyms

• chersonese
• peninsula
• point (item 2.5)

Translations

headland

Bosnian: rt (bs) m. Bulgarian: нос (bg) m. Catalan: cap (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 海角 (zh) (hǎijiǎo) Croatian: rt (hr) m. Czech: mys (cs) m. Dutch: kaap (nl) Esperanto: kabo (eo) Estonian: neem (et) Finnish: niemi (fi), niemeke (fi), niemimaa (fi) French: cap (fr) m. German: Kap (de) n. Greek: ακρωτήρι (el) Indonesian: tanjung (id) Italian: capo (it) m.

Japanese: 岬 (ja) (みさき, misaki) Korean: 곶 (ko) (got), 갑 (ko) (gap) (岬 (ko)) Latin: promunturium (la) n., promontorium (la) n. Norwegian: kapp (no) n. Old Norse: tangi Polish: przylądek (pl) m. Portuguese: cabo (pt) m. Romanian: cap (ro) n., promontoriu (ro) n. Russian: мыс (ru) (mys) m. Scottish Gaelic: ceap (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: рт m. Roman: rt m. Spanish: cabo (es) m. Tagalog: tangos (tl)

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

A young woman in a crocheted cape.

Noun

cape (plural capes)

1. 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

garment

Bulgarian: пелерина (bg) f. Catalan: capa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 斗篷 (zh) (dǒupeng), 披肩 (zh) (pījiān) Dutch: mantel (nl) Esperanto: kabo (eo) Estonian: peleriin, keep (et) Finnish: viitta (fi) French: cape (fr) f. German: Cape (de) n.

Hungarian: köpeny (hu) Japanese: ケープ (ja) (kēpu) Latin: cappa (la) f. Norwegian: cape (no) m. Romanian: capă (ro) f. Russian: накидка (ru) (nakídka) f., пелерина (ru) (pelerína) f. Scottish Gaelic: cleòc (gd) m. Spanish: capa (es) f.

See also

• cloak

Verb

cape (third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped)

1. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.

   The ship capes southwest by south.

2. (obsolete) To gape.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.

Anagrams

• APEC
• EPCA
• pace, PACE

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: capent, capes

Verb

cape

1. first-person singular present indicative of caper
2. third-person singular present indicative of caper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
5. second-person singular imperative of caper

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Indonesian

Adjective

cape

1. tired (slang)

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Italian

Noun

cape f.

1. Plural form of capa.

Anagrams

• pace

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Latin

Verb

cape

1. second-person singular present active imperative of capiō
   1. "capture thou, seize thou, take thou"
   2. "take thou on"
   3. "take thou in, understand thou"

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Norwegian

Etymology

From English cape, from French, from Medieval Latin . Cognate with kappe (“cloak”), kåpe (“cloak”)

Noun

cape m.

1. cape (sleeveless garment used by women)

Inflection

    Inflection of cape

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	cape	capen	caper	capene
Nynorsk m	cape	capen	capar	capane

References

• “cape” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “cape” in The Ordnett Dictionary