caprice

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈpɹiːs/ Rhymes: -iːs === Noun === caprice (plural caprices) An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. Synonym: whim A brief romance. Synonym: fling An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. A disposition to be impulsive. (music) A capriccio. ==== Related terms ==== capricious ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian capriccio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.pʁis/ === Noun === caprice m (plural caprices) whim; wish Synonym: lubie tantrum ==== Derived terms ==== capricieux ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: kaprice → English: caprice → German: Caprice → Hebrew: קפריזה (kapriza) → Romanian: capriciu → Russian: каприз (kapriz) → Turkish: kapris === Further reading === “caprice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012