capoun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === capen, capon, chapon, chapoun, kapoun capun (Early Middle English) capwn, kapon (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon, from Latin capo (Late Latin *cappo). Forms with /t͡ʃ-/ are readjusted after central Old French chapon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈpuːn/, /ˈkapun/, /ˈkapən/, /t͡ʃ-/ IPA(key): /ˈkaːpun/, /ˈkaːpən/, /t͡ʃ-/ (possibly with early stress shift allowing open-syllable lengthening) === Noun === capoun (plural capouns) A capon; a cooked, castrated cockerel. (rare) A eunuch; a castrated human. ==== Descendants ==== English: capon Middle Scots: capon, capoun ==== References ==== “cāpǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.