cape

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kāp, IPA(key): /keɪp/ Rhymes: -eɪp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth. For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa). ==== Noun ==== cape (plural capes) (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. Synonyms: chersonese, ness, peninsula, point ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader.) Doublet of capa and cappa. ==== Noun ==== cape (plural capes) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. (slang) A superhero. ===== Translations ===== ==== Usage notes ==== Some authors distinguish capes from cloaks, especially by saying capes are shorter or sometimes that cloaks have hoods (cowls) or are of thicker material for dealing with cold or wet weather, but the terms are generally interchanged. For example, the traditional Inverness cape is thick for inclement weather and reaches to the calf, James Robinson Planché's 1879 Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress includes some capes with hoods, and Batman's cape has a cowl today and, like Dracula's and Superman's capes, typically reaches to the calf if not to the ground. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== cloak ==== Verb ==== cape (third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped) To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course. To skin an animal, particularly a deer. (US, slang, chiefly with "for") To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy. 2017, Laila Nur, quoted in Jordan Green, "Far-right groups converge behind anti-sharia message in Raleigh", Triad City Beat, 14 June - 20 June 2017, page 9: Many times, you see white supremacist groups caping for women to mask their agenda of white nationalism. 2017, Mindy Isser [organizer], quoted by Aubrey Whelan [journalist] in "For Philly's socialists, election wins signal momentum", The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 November 2017: "I can't believe I'm out here caping for a politician." For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cape. (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape. === Anagrams === EPAC, EPCA, EAPC, PECA, Pace, Apec, PACE, pace, APEC == Albanian == === Noun === cape indefinite dative/ablative singular of capë == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sapɛ] === Verb === cape third-person singular present of capat Synonym: capá == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cape. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /keːp/ Hyphenation: cape Rhymes: -eːp === Noun === cape m (plural capes, diminutive capeje n) a cape Synonym: mantel == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (compare the inherited doublet chape; cf. also the Old Northern French variant cape). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kap/ Homophones: capent, capes === Noun === cape f (plural capes) cape ==== Derived terms ==== de cape et d'épée rire sous cape ==== Descendants ==== → English: cape (see there for further descendants) → Romanian: capă === Verb === cape inflection of caper: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cape”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === cape inflection of capar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Indonesian == === Adjective === cape (colloquial, slang) alternative spelling of capek == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.pe/ Rhymes: -ape Hyphenation: cà‧pe === Noun === cape f plural of capa === Anagrams === Pace, pace == Latin == === Verb === cape second-person singular present active imperative of capiō === References === "cape", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Lutuv == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡səpee/ === Verb === cape to write === References === Grayson Ziegler (2022), “Tenselessness in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎[1], volume 3, number 1 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== cape alternative form of cappe === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cape alternative form of cope == Neapolitan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkapə/ === Noun === cape f plural of capa == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English cape, from French cape, from Late Latin cappa. Cognate with kappe (“cloak”), kåpe (“cloak”), kapp (“cape, headland”). === Noun === cape m (definite singular capen, indefinite plural caper, definite plural capene) a cape (sleeveless garment worn by women, which covers the shoulders and arms) === References === “cape” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “cape” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English cape, from French cape, from Late Latin cappa. === Noun === cape m (definite singular capen, indefinite plural capar, definite plural capane) a cape (sleeveless garment worn by women, which covers the shoulders and arms) === References === “cape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧pe Rhymes: -api, -apɨ === Verb === cape inflection of capar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Rukai == === Noun === cape seed (of a fruit) == Spanish == === Verb === cape inflection of capar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cape. Doublet of kappa, kåpa, kapott, kapucin, and kapuschong. === Noun === cape c cape (sleeveless garment used by women) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cape”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)