capon
English
Etymology
From Middle English capoun; partly from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (Old French chapon) and partly from Old English capūn, both from Latin capo, caponem (Vulgar Latin *cappo), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpən/
Noun
capon (plural capons)
- A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 2
- [...] You cannot feed capons so.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 2
Translations
cockerel grown for food
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Verb
capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed)
- (transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
capon (feminine caponne, masculine plural capons, feminine plural caponnes)
Noun
capon m (plural capons)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “capon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
capon
- Alternative form of capoun
Venetian
Alternative forms
Etymology
See capón.
Noun
capon m (plural caponi) or capon m (plural capuni)
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