caporal

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French caporal.

Noun

caporal (uncountable)

1. A type of shag tobacco.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish caporal.

Noun

caporal (plural caporals)

1. (Latin America) A foreman or overseer.

Anagrams

• crapola

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.puˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.poˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.poˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

caporal m (plural caporals)

1. (military) corporal

Further reading

• “caporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caporal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “caporal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caporal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Italian caporale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pɔ.ʁal/

• Audio:

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Noun

caporal m (plural caporaux)

1. (military) corporal
2. caporal (tobacco)

Further reading

• “caporal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

caporal m (uncountable)

1. Apocopic form of caporale

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian caporale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapoˈɾal/ [ka.poˈɾal]

Noun

caporal m (plural caporales)

1. corporal
2. foreman

Further reading

• “caporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014