kapten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

kapten

  1. inflection of kappen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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Estonian

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Etymology

Middle Low German kaptein.

Pronunciation

Noun

kapten (genitive kapteni, partitive kaptenit)

  1. captain (commander of sea-going vessel or airliner)
  2. (military) captain
  3. captain (athlete on sports team designated to make decisions)

Declension

Declension of kapten (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kapten kaptenid
accusative nom.
gen. kapteni
genitive kaptenite
partitive kaptenit kapteneid
illative kaptenisse kaptenitesse
kapteneisse
inessive kaptenis kaptenites
kapteneis
elative kaptenist kaptenitest
kapteneist
allative kaptenile kaptenitele
kapteneile
adessive kaptenil kaptenitel
kapteneil
ablative kaptenilt kaptenitelt
kapteneilt
translative kapteniks kapteniteks
kapteneiks
terminative kaptenini kapteniteni
essive kaptenina kaptenitena
abessive kaptenita kapteniteta
comitative kapteniga kaptenitega

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch kapitein (“captain”), from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”). Cognate with Afrikaans kaptein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkap̚tɛn/
  • Hyphenation: kap‧tèn

Noun

kaptèn (plural kapten-kapten)

  1. captain:
    1. (military) An army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major.
    2. (military) A naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore.
    3. (aviation) The first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft.
    4. The person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship.
      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda
    5. The leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others).
      Synonym: ketua
    6. Someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on.

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)[1]

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English captain, from Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of kapitan.

Pronunciation

Noun

kapten (Jawi spelling کڤتن, plural kapten-kapten, informal 1st possessive kaptenku, 2nd possessive kaptenmu, 3rd possessive kaptennya)

  1. A captain:
    1. (military) An army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major.
    2. (military) A naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore.
    3. (aviation) The first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft.
    4. The person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship.
      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda
    5. The leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others).
      Synonym: ketua
    6. Someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on.

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English captain.

Noun

kapten

  1. captain
  2. leader
  3. chief of a Maroon or Amerindian village

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kapten c

  1. captain; the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
  2. captain; a military rank
  3. captain; the athlete of a sports team who speaks for the team with the referee

Declension

Declension of kapten
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kapten kaptens
definite kaptenen kaptenens
plural indefinite kaptener kapteners
definite kaptenerna kaptenernas

Derived terms

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