skullcap

English

Alternative forms

• skull cap, skull-cap

Etymology

skull +‎ cap

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskʌlkæp/

Noun

skullcap (plural skullcaps)

1. A small domed cap that covers from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
2. A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
3. Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.

Synonyms

• (yarmulke): kippah

Translations

cap that covers from the forehead to just above the back of the neck

• Arabic: كبة (ar) (kíbba) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡巴 (cmn) (kǎbā)

• Czech: kipa (cs) f
• Finnish: kipa (fi)
• French: kippa (fr) f, calotte (fr) f
• German: Kippa (de) f, Schädeldecke (de) f, Scheitelkäppchen (de) n
• Hebrew: כִּפָּה (he) (kipá) f
• Hungarian: kipa (hu), koponyatető (hu), jarmulke (hu)

• Italian: kippah (it) f
• Japanese: キッパー (ja) (kippā), キッパ (ja) (kippa)
• Polish: jarmułka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gorro (pt) m
• Russian: ермолка (ru) (jermólka) f, кипа (ru) (kipá) f
• Spanish: kipá (es) f
• Volapük: kalut (vo)
• Yiddish: יאַרמלקע (yi) (yarmlke) f

hat

• Hungarian: házisapka

flowering plant

• French: scutellaire (fr) f
• German: Helmkraut (de) n

• Polish: tarczyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: perilômia (pt) f
• Romanian: gura-lupului (ro) f

See also

• kippah
• yarmulka, yarmulke
• zucchetto, zuchetto