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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo (“chief, boss”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpɔ/*
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Hyphenation: ka‧pò
Noun
kapò m or f by sense (invariable)
- (historical) kapo
- (by extension) a surly supervisor
Further reading
- kapo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana