capon

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō). === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpən/ === Noun === capon (plural capons) A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed) (transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of. === Anagrams === pocan, Ponca, copan, capno-, no cap == Albanian == === Etymology 1 === Similar to copan, from Italian zappone (“mattock”). Related to capë (“claw mattock”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡saˈpɔn/ ==== Noun ==== capón m (plural caponë, definite caponi, definite plural caponët) (Cham) type of pickaxe Synonyms: copan, kazmë, tërnagop ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /t͡saˈpɔn/ ==== Verb ==== capon second/third-person singular present indicative of capoj === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.pɔ̃/ === Adjective === capon (feminine caponne, masculine plural capons, feminine plural caponnes) (derogatory) cowardly === Noun === capon m (plural capons) (derogatory) coward === Synonyms === couard lâche poltron === Further reading === “capon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === capon alternative form of capoun == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *cāppo. === Noun === capon oblique singular, m (oblique plural capons, nominative singular capons, nominative plural capon) capon (castrated cockerel) == Venetan == === Alternative forms === capón === Etymology === See capón. === Noun === capon m (plural caponi) or capon m (plural capuni) capon ==== Related terms ==== caponar