cappa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpə/
• Rhymes: -æpə
• Homophone: kappa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capa and cape.

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

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

Related terms

• cappa magna
• cappula

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
   • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick, page 211:

     I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

Anagrams

• AACPP

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/
• Homophone: kappa
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp‧pa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cappa.

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. cape

Derived terms

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

Related terms

• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

Descendants

• → Aromanian: capã

Etymology 2

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cappa

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

Noun

cappa m or f (invariable)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Further reading

• cappa1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappa3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

• capa

Etymology

Disputed. The leading theory is that it is perhaps the shortened form of capitulāre (“head tax”), from caput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput-. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek .

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/,

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• *excappāre
• cappella
• cappellus

Descendants

References

• cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: cap‧pa

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ

   Synonym: kappa

Further reading

• “cappa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014