kapok

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English

WOTD – 29 June 2021

Etymology

Kapok (sense 1), a silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).
The kapok (sense 2) or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).
The Malabar silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) is also known as the kapok (sense 3) as its fruit produce a fibre like that of the silk-cotton tree.

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (General American) -eɪpɑk
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pok

Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

  1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.
    Synonym: mumian
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, 2010 edition, Folio Society, page 492:
      The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 2003 edition, Faber & Faber, page 39:
      You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.
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  2. The silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).
    Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian
  3. The cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).
    Synonym: kapok tree

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Compare “kapok, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2018; “kapok, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧pok

Noun

kapok

  1. (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
  2. (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

French

Noun

kapok m (plural kapoks)

  1. kapok

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

kap +‎ -ok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒpok]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pok

Verb

kapok

  1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
kapok (1.1)
załoga w kapokach (1.2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk.

Pronunciation

Noun

kapok m inan

  1. kapok
  2. life jacket

Declension

Declension of kapok
singular plural
nominative kapok kapoki
genitive kapoka kapoków
dative kapokowi kapokom
accusative kapok kapoki
instrumental kapokiem kapokami
locative kapoku kapokach
vocative kapoku kapoki

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • kapok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kapok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧pok
  • IPA(key): /ˈkapok/, [ˈkaː.pok̚]
  • Rhymes: -apok

Noun

kapok

  1. kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
    Synonyms: bulak, bulak-kahoy, bulak-sina, buboy
  2. the silky fibre obtained from the seed pods of this tree
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