képi

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.pi/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Alemannic German Käppi, compare German Kappe.

Noun

képi m (plural képis)

  1. kepi (cap with a flat circular top)
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
      On descend à chaque instant du trottoir, à cause de la foule. Au milieu de la rue se trouve un commissariat, avec des agents sans képi et des bicyclettes à la porte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Backslang of piquer.

Verb

képi

  1. (slang, Verlan) to steal, to rob

Further reading


Hungarian

Etymology

kép +‎ -i

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːpi]
  • Hyphenation: ké‧pi

Adjective

képi (not comparable)

  1. pictorial, imagistic, visual