cappa

See also: Cappa and čáppa

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæpə/
  • Rhymes: -æpə
  • Homophone: kappa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capa and cape.

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

  1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

  1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
    • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick, page 211:
      I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkap.pa/
  • Homophone: kappa
  • Rhymes: -appa
  • Hyphenation: càp‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cappa.

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

  1. sleeveless coat; cloak
  2. cowl, hood
  3. tarpaulin
  4. cape
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Aromanian: capã

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

Noun

cappa m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.; kay

See also

Further reading

  • cappa1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • cappa3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Disputed. The leading theory is that it is perhaps the shortened form of capitulāre (head tax), from caput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput-. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cappa cappae
Genitive cappae cappārum
Dative cappae cappīs
Accusative cappam cappās
Ablative cappā cappīs
Vocative cappa cappae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: capa
    • Old French: chape (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: capa
      • Occitan: capa
      • French: cape (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • English: cappa (learned)
  • Middle English: cope, cape, coope
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kappā (see there for further descendants)
  • Greek: κάπα (kápa)
  • Old Norse: kápa
  • Polish: kapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: kapa
  • Lower Sorbian: kapa

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa]
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: cap‧pa

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

  1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ
    Synonym: kappa

Further reading

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