cappare

Catalan

Etymology

cap (“head”) +‎ pare (“father”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈpa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈpa.ɾe]

Noun

cappare m (plural cappares)

1. (botany) a plant's main shoot or tendril

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of capare with the -pp- segment taken from chiappare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapˈpa.re/, [käpˈpäːr̺e̞]
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: cap‧pà‧re

Verb

cappare (obsolete)

1. to pick, to choose

   Synonym: scegliere

References

• cappare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana