capot
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From French capot. Doublet of kaput and capote.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kəˈpɒt/, /kəˈpəʊ/
=== Noun ===
capot (plural capots)
(card games) A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
=== Verb ===
capot (third-person singular simple present capots, present participle capotting or capoting, simple past and past participle capotted or capoted)
(ambitransitive) To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
=== References ===
“capot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
=== Anagrams ===
coapt
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese capote, from French capot. Doublet of capó.
=== Noun ===
capot m (plural capots)
overcoat, cloak
(military) greatcoat
(card games) capot
==== Derived terms ====
capota
capotell
encapotar
=== Further reading ===
“capot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old French capote (“hooded cloak”), diminutive of cape, from Late Latin cappa. Piecewise doublet of capote. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ka.po/, (older, now chiefly Belgium) /ka.pɔ/
=== Noun ===
capot m (plural capots)
(cover over the engine of a motor car) bonnet (UK), hood (US)
==== Descendants ====
=== See also ===
capote
en avoir sous le capot
=== Further reading ===
“capot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Spanish ==
=== Noun ===
capot m (plural capots)
alternative form of capó
=== Further reading ===
Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “capot”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA