caper

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpə/ Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ca‧per === Etymology 1 === Clipping of capriole. ==== Noun ==== caper (plural capers) A playful leap or jump. A jump while dancing. A prank or practical joke. (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour. (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== cab caprine ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered) To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner. To jump as part of a dance. To engage in playful behaviour. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis). ==== Noun ==== caper (plural capers) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten. Synonym: caperberry A plant of the genus Capparis. Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== caper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Dutch kaper. ==== Noun ==== caper (plural capers) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Shortening of capercaillie. ==== Noun ==== caper (plural capers) (Scotland) The capercaillie. ===== Translations ===== === See also === north-caper === Anagrams === Pacer, crape, pacer, recap == French == === Etymology === From English cap +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.pe/ === Verb === caper (finance) to cap (set a limit to) (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team) ==== Conjugation ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Blend of cari (“seeking”) +‎ perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃapər/ [ˈt͡ʃa.pər] Rhymes: -apər Syllabification: ca‧per === Adjective === capêr (comparative lebih caper, superlative paling caper) (colloquial) attention-seeking === Further reading === “caper”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “boar”), Proto-Germanic *hafraz (“he-goat”), and Proto-Iranian *káfrah (“young goat, kid”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.pɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.per] === Noun === caper m (genitive caprī, feminine capra); second declension he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat) Synonyms: buccus, hircus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caper”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “caper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “caper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin capere. === Verb === caper to seize ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === caper m indefinite plural of cape == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian cappero. === Noun === caper m (plural caperi) caper (a plant) ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === caper indefinite plural of cape