cappa

See also: Cappa and čáppa

cappa - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkæpə/
Homophone: kappa

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

(palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

Related terms

cappa magna
cappula

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

(colloquial) A cappuccino.

Anagrams

AACPP

cappa - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkap.pa/
Homophone: kappa
Hyphenation: càp‧pa

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

sleeveless coat; cloak
cowl, hood
tarpaulin
cape

Derived terms

cappotto (“overcoat”)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Aromanian: capã

Noun

cappa m or f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter K.; kay

cappa - Latin

Alternative forms

capa

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /ˈkap.pa/, [ˈkäpːä]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkap.pa/, [ˈkäpːä]

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

(Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cappa	cappae
Genitive	cappae	cappārum
Dative	cappae	cappīs
Accusative	cappam	cappās
Ablative	cappā	cappīs
Vocative	cappa	cappae

Derived terms

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: cappa
  - → Aromanian: capã
- Sicilian: cappa
North Italian:
- Friulian: cape
- Venetian: capa
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: capa
- Old French: chape (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: capa
  - Occitan: capa
  - → French: cape (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: capa
  - Galician: capa
  - Portuguese: capa
- Old Spanish: capa
  - Spanish: capa
    - → English: capa
Vulgar Latin:
- *excappāre (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings

→ English: cappa
→ Greek: κάπα (kápa)
→ Lower Sorbian: kapa
→ Middle Dutch: cappe
- Dutch: kap (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: cope, cape, coope
- English: cope
- Scots: caip, cape, cap
→ Middle Low German: kappe
- → Old Swedish: kappa
  - Swedish: kappa
    - → Finnish: kappa
→ Norwegian: kappe
→ Old English: cæppe
- Middle English: cappe, cap, cape, cep
  - English: cap
  - Scots: kep
→ Old High German: kappa
- Middle High German: kappe
  - German: Kappe
  - ⇒ Alemannic German: Käppi (diminutive)
    - → French: képi (see there for further descendants)
    - → German: Käppi
  - ⇒ Cimbrian: kèpple (diminutive)
→ Old Norse: kápa
- Danish: kåbe
- Icelandic: kápa
- Norwegian: kåpe
- Swedish: kåpa
→ Serbo-Croatian: kapa

cappa - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa]
Syllabification: cap‧pa

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ
- Synonym: kappa