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A caper bush.
caper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpə/
- Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ca‧per
Audio (US) (file)
Etymology 1
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- 2022, Jennifer Egan, “i, the Protagonist”, in The Candy House:
- His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
playful leap
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crime — see crime
Verb
caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC:
- He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
Translations
jump about playfully
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Etymology 2
Noun
caper (plural capers)
Translations
Dutch vessel — see privateer
Etymology 3
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From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- Synonym: caperberry
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
Derived terms
Translations
pickled bud of Capparis spinosa
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plant
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Further reading
Etymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
Translations
capercaillie — see capercaillie
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
caper
- (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
- (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)
Conjugation
Conjugation of caper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | caper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | capant /ka.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | capé /ka.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
capent /kap/ |
| imperfect | capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capait /ka.pɛ/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capaient /ka.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | capai /ka.pe/ |
capas /ka.pa/ |
capa /ka.pa/ |
capâmes /ka.pam/ |
capâtes /ka.pat/ |
capèrent /ka.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | caperai /ka.pʁe/ |
caperas /ka.pʁa/ |
capera /ka.pʁa/ |
caperons /ka.pʁɔ̃/ |
caperez /ka.pʁe/ |
caperont /ka.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperait /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperions /ka.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caperiez /ka.pə.ʁje/ |
caperaient /ka.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capent /kap/ |
| imperfect2 | capasse /ka.pas/ |
capasses /ka.pas/ |
capât /ka.pa/ |
capassions /ka.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
capassiez /ka.pa.sje/ |
capassent /ka.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cape /kap/ |
— | capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Indonesian
Etymology
From blend of cari (“seeking”) + perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking.
Pronunciation
Adjective
capêr
Further reading
- “caper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
caper m (genitive caprī, feminine capra); second declension
- he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caper | caprī |
| Genitive | caprī | caprōrum |
| Dative | caprō | caprīs |
| Accusative | caprum | caprōs |
| Ablative | caprō | caprīs |
| Vocative | caper | caprī |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “caper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “caper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
caper
- to seize
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of caper
| infinitive | simple | caper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | capant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | capé | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
| imperfect | capois, capoys | capois, capoys | capoit, capoyt | capions, capyons | capiez, capyez | capoient, capoyent | |
| past historic | capa | capas | capa | capasmes | capastes | caperent | |
| future | caperai, caperay | caperas | capera | caperons | caperez | caperont | |
| conditional | caperois, caperoys | caperois, caperoys | caperoit, caperoyt | caperions, caperyons | caperiez, caperyez | caperoient, caperoyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
| imperfect | capasse | capasses | capast | capassions | capassiez | capassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cape | — | capons | capez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
caper m
- indefinite plural of cape
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cappero.
Noun
caper m (plural caperi)
- caper (a plant)