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{{also|Kappa|käppä}}
==English==
{{letter disp2|iota|[[Image:Kappa_uc_lc.svg|84px]]|lambda|κάππα|Κ|κ}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkæpə/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-kappa.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æpə|s=2}}
* {{homophone|en|cappa}}

===Etymology 1===
{{lbor|en|grc|κάππα}}, ultimately from {{der|en|sem-pro|*kapp-|t=palm, hand}}. {{dbt|en|kaph}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|Q14401}}The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
# {{lb|en|finance}} A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an [[option]] to changes in the implied [[volatility]] of the price of the [[underlying]] [[asset]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|measure of derivative price sensitivity}} {{l|en|tau}}, {{l|en|vega}}

=====Hypernyms=====
* {{sense|measure of derivative price sensitivity}} {{l|en|Greeks}} {{qualifier|includes list of coordinate terms}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|kappa effect|Fleiss' kappa}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|Greek letter}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كَبَا|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|kappa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|卡帕|tr=kǎpà}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲕⲁⲡⲡⲁ}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|kapa|n}}, {{t|cs|kappa|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kappa|m|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kapo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kappa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|kappa|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kappa|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κάπα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κάππα|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|כָּפָּא|f|tr=káppa}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kappa}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|kappa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|kappa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|カッパ|tr=kappa|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|카파}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kapa}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kāepa}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|काप्पा|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kappa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|capa|m}}, {{t+|pt|cá|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ка́ппа|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|kappa|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kappa|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kapa}}
* Thai: {{t|th|แคปปา}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|Kappa (folklore)}}
From {{bor|en|ja|河童|tr=kappa|t=water imp}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Japanese mythology}} A [[tortoise]]-like [[demon]] or [[imp]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Kitsune-Mochi: Kitsune Tales #2|page=94|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0985934956| author=Laura VanArendonk Baugh|year=2013|passage=It was not quite possible for a '''kappa''' to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|mythical creature}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|河童}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kappa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|kappa|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|काप्पा|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kappa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ка́ппа|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kappa|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{C|en|Greek letter names|Mythological creatures}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|f}}

# [[#English|Kappa]]; the [[Appendix:Greek script|Greek]] letter [[Κ]] (lowercase [[κ]])

{{C|ca|Greek letter names}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|n|g2=f}}

# {{alt form|cs|kapa}}

====Declension====
''when feminine:''
{{cs-ndecl|f}}
''Indeclinable when neuter.''

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
{{also|theta}}

{{cln|cs|indeclinable nouns}}
{{C|cs|Greek letter names}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|nl|grc|κάππα}}. {{doublet|nl|kaf}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-kappa.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|-'s|+}}

# {{C|nl|Greek letter names}} {{l|en|kappa}} {{gloss|letter of the Greek alphabet}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|lang=nl}}

==Finnish==

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation}}

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Viiden litran kappa.jpg|thumb|alt=A cubical wooden measuring vessel, a kappa.|A five litre kappa from 1892]]
{{etymid|fi|unit}}
Borrowing from {{bor|fi|gem}}, not clearly dateable: compare {{cog|osx|skap||a measure}}, {{cog|goh|scaf||vessel}}, from {{der|fi|gem-pro|*skapaz}},<ref>{{R:LÄGLOS}}</ref><ref>{{R:fi:SSA}}</ref> which is possibly a derivative of {{m|gem-pro|*skapjaną||to shape}}<ref>{{R:gem:EDPG}}</ref> (compare also {{m|gem-pro|*skappijǭ}} in {{cog|da|skæppe}}, {{cog|non|skeppa}}, Estonian dialectal {{m|et|käpp||measure}}). Cognate within Finnic with Estonian {{m|et|kapp}}, {{cog|izh|kappa}}, {{cog|krl|kappa}}, {{cog|lud|kappe}}<!--not in Votic: only in the Kukkuzi dialect, often mistakenly considered Votic rather than Ingrian-->, nominally reconstructible as {{cog|urj-fin-pro||*kappa}}<!--but such a reconstruction is not necessarily warranted, since the words may be relatively late Hanseatic loans; I have yet to check if Bentlin's monograph on Low German loans in Finnish comments on this. --Tropylium-->.

====Noun====
{{fi-noun}}

# {{lb|fi|historical}} {{n-g|a [[unit of measure]] for the volume of dry goods, equivalent to 1/32 of a ''tynnyri'' or 4.58 litres in the Kingdom of Sweden and 1/30 of a ''tynnyri'' or 5.4961 litres in the Russian Empire}}
# {{n-g|in modern use, a unit of measure for the volume of dry goods used in farmers' markets especially for potatoes, equal to 5 litres, or 2 litres for ''[[pikku]] kappa''}}
# {{n-g|a measuring vessel of one ''kappa'', roughly cubical and typically made of wood}}

=====Declension=====
{{fi-decl-kala|ka|pp|p|a}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|fi
|kapallinen
|kapoittain
}}

{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|kapanala
|käräjäkappa
|perunakappa
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|sv|kappe|bor=1}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:fi:KTSK|num=1|accessdate=2023-07-01}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|fi|clothing}}
Borrowed from {{bor|fi|sv|kappa}}, from {{der|fi|ML.|cappa}}.

====Noun====
{{fi-noun}}

# [[pelmet]]
# women's [[overcoat]]

=====Declension=====
{{fi-decl-kala|ka|pp|p|a}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|kappaverho
|värikappa
}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:fi:KTSK|num=2|accessdate=2023-07-01}}

===Etymology 3===
{{wikipedia|lang=fi|Kappa (kirjain)}}
{{enum|fi|ioota|lambda|Greek letter|Κκ}}
{{etymid|fi|letter}}
Borrowed from {{bor|fi|grc|κάππα}}.

====Noun====
{{fi-noun}}

# [[kappa#English|kappa]] {{gloss|tenth letter of Greek alphabet}}

=====Declension=====
{{fi-decl-kala|ka|pp|p|a}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:fi:KTSK|num=3|accessdate=2023-07-01}}

===Etymology 4===
{{etymid|fi|mythology}}
Borrowed from {{bor|fi|ja|かっぱ}}.

====Noun====
{{fi-noun}}

# {{lb|fi|Japanese mythology}} [[#English|kappa]] {{gloss|mythical creature}}

=====Declension=====
{{fi-decl-kala|ka|pp|p|a}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:Hakkinen 2005}}

{{C|fi|Clothing|Greek letter names|Units of measure}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-kappa.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|kappa}} {{gloss|Greek letter}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Greek letter names}}

==Hungarian==
{{wikipedia|lang=hu}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|hu|grc|κάππα}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|kap|pa}}
* {{rhymes|hu|pɒ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{hu-noun|pl=kappák}}

# [[#English|kappa]] (Greek letter)

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|kappá|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|kappá}}

{{topics|hu|Greek letter names}}

==Icelandic==

===Noun===
{{is-noun|f|g2=n|köppu|gen2=kappa|-}}

# {{l|en|kappa}} {{gloss|Greek letter}}

====Declension====
Feminine declension:
{{is-decl-noun-f-w1|k|a|pp}}
Neuter declension:
{{is-decl-noun-n-w|k|a|pp|pl=-}}

{{C|is|Greek letter names}}

==Ingrian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|izh|urj-fin-pro|*kappa}}. Cognates include {{cog|fi|kappa}} and {{cog|et|kapp}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{izh-p}}

===Noun===
{{head|izh|noun}}

# a unit of dry [[volume]] equivalent to about 9.16 liters

====Usage notes====
* One ''kappa'' is equal to one-fourth of a {{m|izh|vakka}}.

====Declension====
{{izh-decl/kana|pp|p}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=134}}

{{C|izh|Units of measure}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|it|grc|κάππα}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|kàppa<hmp:cappa>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|mf|#}}

# {{n-g|the name of the [[Appendix:Greek script|Greek-script]] letter}} '''[[Κ]]'''/'''[[κ]]'''; {{l|en|kappa}}
# {{Latn-def|it|name|K|k}}; [[kay]]

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/it}}

{{C|it|Greek letter names}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|かっぱ}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nb|kappen}}

===Noun===
{{head|nb|noun form|g=m|g2=f}}

# {{inflection of|nb|kappe||definite|f|s}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|nn|noun form|g=n}}

# {{infl of|nn|kapp||def|p}}

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-1}}

# to [[cut]], [[chop]] something off quickly in one go

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|nn|kappe}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|nn|noun form|g=f}}

# {{nn-former-context|2012}} {{alternative form of|nn|kappe}}
# {{infl of|nn|kappe||def|s}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-1}}

# to [[compete]] in something

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|nn|kappe}}

===Etymology 4===

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m2}}

# {{l|en|kappa}}, a Greek letter

===Etymology 5===

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m2}}

# {{l|en|kappa}} a Japanese mythological creature

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|pi|sa|कल्प}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|pi|adjective}}

# [[fit]], [[suitable]], [[worthy]]<ref name=Childers>{{R:pi:Childers|185}}</ref>
#* {{cite-book|title=Mah. 85|text='''kappākappesu''' kovido|t=skilled in distinguishing '''suitable''' and '''unsuitable things'''}}
#* {{cite-book|title=Mah. 124|text=Phalāni Buddha'''kappāni'''|t=fruits '''worthy''' of the Buddha}}
# [[nearly]] [[equal]] to, [[rival]]ling, [[resemble|resembling]], [[like]]<ref name=Childers>{{R:pi:Childers|185}}</ref>
#* {{cite-book|title=Alw. I. 54|text=Satthu'''kappo'''|t='''like''' the Teacher himself}}
#*: {{rfquote|pi|These quotations need cleaning up.}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}
{{pi-decl-noun|g=n}}

===Noun===
{{pi-noun|m}}<ref name=Concise>{{R:pi:Buddhadatta|page=92}}</ref>

# [[time]]
# a [[short]] time, [[moment]]
#: {{ux|pi|Atthi '''kappo''' nippajjítuṁ|There is a '''brief space''' to lie down.|ref=<ref name=Childers/>}}
# [[precept]], [[rule]], [[ordinance]]
# rules concerning rites, one of the Vedaṅgas
# [[practice]], [[usage]], [[mode]]
#* {{cite-book|title=Dh. 394|text=Jīvita'''kappo'''|t='''mode''' of life}}
# [[alternative]], [[permission]]
#* {{cite-book|title=Mah. 15; Pát. xxxix
|text=Kappati dvaṅgula'''kappo'''.
|lit=The two-inch '''alternative''' is allowable.
|t='''Permission''' is granted to extend the allotted tome for the mid-day meal to two inches of the sun's shadow after noon.}}
#* {{cite-book|title=Pát. 97|text=Aññatra kappā|t=without leave}}
# a [[chapter]] or [[section]] of a [[book]]
# [[thought]]
# [[whole]]
#* {{cite-book|title=Kh. 4|text=Kevalakappaṃ Jetavanaṃ|t=the whole of Jetavana}}
# a [[vast]] [[period]], [[age]], [[world]] [[cycle]]
#: {{ux|pi|Niccaṁ kappaṁ|always|ref=<ref name=Childers/>}}
# [[Kappabindu]]
#: {{syn|pi|kappabindu}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|pi|vikappa}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:pi:PTS}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-kappa.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|pl|phn}}
{{lbor|pl|grc|κάππα}}.

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|kappa}} {{gl|Greek letter Κ, κ}}

=====Declension=====
{{pl-decl-noun-f}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|pl|ja|河童}}.

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|f}}

# {{lb|pl|Japanese mythology}} {{l|en|kappa}} {{gl|tortoise-like demon or imp}}

=====Declension=====
{{pl-decl-noun-f}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Greek letter names|Mythological creatures}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|ro|grc|κάππα}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|kappa}}

# {{l|en|kappa}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m|pl=kappa}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|kappa}}; the Greek letter [[Κ]], [[κ]]
#: {{syn|es|cappa}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Greek letter names}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv|Kappa (plagg)|Kappa (garment)}}

===Etymology 1===
According to NE: From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kappa}}, from {{der|sv|ML.|cappa}}.

According to SAOB online: From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kappa}}, from {{der|sv|gml|kappe}}, ultimately from {{der|sv|LL.|cappa}}.

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kappa}}, from {{der|sv|gml|kappe}}, borrowed from a {{der|sv|roa}} language, from {{der|sv|ML.|cappa}}, byform of {{m|la|cāpa}}, probably shortenings of a word derived from {{der|sv|la|caput||head}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|sv|/ˈkaˌpːa/|[ˈcʰapːa]}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-kappa.ogg}}

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# women's [[overcoat]]
# [[pelmet]]

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-or}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sv|kapprum}}
* {{l|sv|vända kappan efter vinden}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|fi|kappa|bor=1}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|sv|grc|κάππα}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|n}}

# {{l|en|kappa}} (Greek letter)

=====Declension=====
{{sv-noun-irreg-n|kappa|kappat|kappa|kappan}}

===References===
* {{R:NE}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}
* {{R:runeberg.org|svetym|0387.html kappa}}

{{C|sv|Clothing|Greek letter names}}