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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /kap/
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: [khap]
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Clipping of captain.

Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.

Various clippings.

From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

Clipping of Capricorn.

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Russian: кэп (kɛp) — A nickname for a captain
• Russian: команди́р (komandír) — A nickname for a man generally
• Russian: шеф (šef) — A nickname for a man generally
• Afrikaans: pet — head covering
• Afrikaans: kappie — head covering
• Albanian: plis — head covering
• Albanian: qeleshe — head covering
• Arabic: قُبَّعَة (qubbaʕa) — head covering
• Arabic: قُبَّعة (gubbaʕa) — head covering
• Arabic: كاب (kāb, kāp) — head covering
• Aromanian: shapcã — head covering
• Bashkir: башлыҡ (başlıq) — head covering
• Bulgarian: ша́пка (šápka) — head covering
• Bulgarian: капа́к (kapák) — head covering
• Burmese: ကက်ဦးထုပ် (kak-u:htup) — head covering
• Catalan: gorra — head covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴨舌帽 /鸭舌帽 (yāshémào) — head covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 太陽帽 /太阳帽 (tàiyángmào) — head covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒球帽 (bàngqiúmào) — head covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 帽子 (màozi) — head covering
• Czech: čepice — head covering
• Dutch: pet — head covering
• Esperanto: kaskedo — head covering
• Finnish: lakki — head covering
• French: bonnet — head covering
• French: casquette — head covering
• French: tuque — head covering
• Galician: pucha — head covering
• Galician: cachucha — head covering
• Galician: monteira — head covering
• Galician: piocha — head covering
• Galician: carapucha — head covering
• Galician: cadela — head covering
• Galician: cufete — head covering
• Galician: moquelo — head covering
• Georgian: კეპი (ḳeṗi) — head covering
• Georgian: ქუდი (kudi) — head covering
• German: Mütze — head covering
• Ancient Greek: πῖλος (pîlos) — head covering
• Hebrew: כובע — head covering
• Hindi: टोपी (ṭopī) — head covering
• Hungarian: sapka — head covering
• Ido: kasqueto — head covering
• Ingrian: hattu — head covering
• Ingrian: šaapka — head covering
• Ingrian: kepka — head covering
• Irish: caipín — head covering
• Irish: caidhp — head covering
• Italian: cuffia — head covering
• Italian: cappuccio — head covering
• Italian: berretto — head covering
• Italian: berretta — head covering
• Italian: cofia — head covering
• Japanese: 帽子 (bōshi) — head covering
• Japanese: キャップ (kyappu) — head covering
• Khmer: កាតឹប (kaatəp) — head covering
• Korean: 모자 (moja) — head covering
• Korean: 캡 (kaep) — head covering
• Central Kurdish: کەڵاو (kellaw) — head covering
• Ladin: cazina — head covering
• Latvian: cepure — head covering
• Limburgish: patsj — head covering
• Low German: Mütz — head covering
• Macedonian: капа (kapa) — head covering
• Malayalam: തൊപ്പി (toppi) — head covering
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡥᠠᠯᠠ (mahala) — head covering
• Northern Mansi: ке̄нт (kēnt) — head covering
• Māori: kiapa — head covering
• Māori: kēpe — head covering
• Marathi: टोपी (ṭopī) — head covering
• Norman: castchette — head covering
• Norwegian: skyggelue — head covering
• Nǀuu: kepsi ʘû — head covering
• Occitan: gòrra — head covering
• Ojibwe: wiiwakwaan — head covering
• Persian: کلاه (kolâh) — head covering
• Persian: کاسکت (kâsket) — head covering
• Polish: czapka — head covering
• Polish: kapelusz — head covering
• Polish: nakrycie głowy — head covering
• Portuguese: boné — head covering
• Portuguese: barrete — head covering
• Portuguese: quepe — head covering
• Quechua: p'acha chuku — head covering
• Romanian: șapcă — head covering
• Romanian: căciulă — head covering
• Russian: ке́пка (képka) — head covering
• Russian: карту́з (kartúz) — head covering
• Russian: ша́пка (šápka) — head covering
• Russian: колпа́к (kolpák) — head covering
• Scottish Gaelic: ceap — head covering
• Serbo-Croatian: капа — head covering
• Serbo-Croatian: kapa — head covering
• Sicilian: cappeḍḍu — head covering
• Sicilian: còppula — head covering
• Sicilian: cuppuluni — head covering
• Sicilian: birritta — head covering
• Slovak: čapica — head covering
• Slovene: čepica — head covering
• Upper Sorbian: měca — head covering
• Southern Altai: бӧрӱк (börük) — head covering
• Southern Altai: калпак (kalpak) — head covering
• Spanish: gorra — head covering
• Spanish: cachucha — head covering
• Swahili: kofia — head covering
• Swedish: keps — head covering
• Swedish: mössa — head covering
• Tagalog: gora — head covering
• Thai: หมวกแก๊ป — head covering
• Ottoman Turkish: شاپقه (şapka) — head covering
• Vietnamese: mũ lưỡi trai — head covering
• Vietnamese: nón lưỡi trai — head covering
• Volapük: luhät — head covering
• Waray-Waray: kalu — head covering
• Bulgarian: фуражка (furažka) — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Finnish: virkalakki — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• German: Dienstmütze — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Hungarian: sisak — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Italian: cappello — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Italian: berretto — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Italian: bustina — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Latvian: cepure — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Russian: фура́жка (furážka) — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: ceap — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Sicilian: cappeḍḍu — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Sicilian: tascu — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Sicilian: còppula — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Sicilian: birritta — head-covering to indicate rank etc.
• Finnish: lakki — academic mortarboard
• French: chapeau — academic mortarboard
• French: mortier — academic mortarboard
• Hungarian: négyszögletű kalap — academic mortarboard
• Italian: tocco — academic mortarboard
• Sicilian: toccu — academic mortarboard
• Afrikaans: doppie — protective cover or seal
• Bashkir: ҡапҡас (qapqas) — protective cover or seal
• Bulgarian: капак (kapak) — protective cover or seal
• Dutch: dop — protective cover or seal
• Finnish: korkki — protective cover or seal
• Finnish: kansi — protective cover or seal
• French: capsule — protective cover or seal
• French: bouchon — protective cover or seal
• French: capuchon — protective cover or seal
• French: couvercle — protective cover or seal
• French: opercule — protective cover or seal
• Galician: chapa — protective cover or seal
• Hungarian: kupak — protective cover or seal
• Hungarian: fedél — protective cover or seal
• Hungarian: tető — protective cover or seal
• Italian: chiusura — protective cover or seal
• Italian: chiusura di sicurezza — protective cover or seal
• Italian: coppa — protective cover or seal
• Italian: cappuccio — protective cover or seal
• Italian: tappo — protective cover or seal
• Japanese: 蓋 (futa) — protective cover or seal
• Japanese: キャップ (kyappu) — protective cover or seal
• Korean: 캡 (kaep) — protective cover or seal
• Korean: 뚜껑 (ttukkeong) — protective cover or seal
• Malayalam: അടപ്പ് (aṭappŭ) — protective cover or seal
• Malayalam: മൂടി (mūṭi) — protective cover or seal
• Marathi: टोपण (ṭopaṇ) — protective cover or seal
• Polish: nakrętka — protective cover or seal
• Russian: колпачо́к (kolpačók) — protective cover or seal
• Russian: кры́шка (krýška) — protective cover or seal
• Russian: кры́шечка (krýšečka) — protective cover or seal
• Sicilian: crupecchiu — protective cover or seal
• Sicilian: cummogghiu — protective cover or seal
• Sicilian: chiusura — protective cover or seal
• Thai: ฝา (fǎa) — protective cover or seal
• Afrikaans: kroon — crown covering a tooth
• Bulgarian: коронка (koronka) — crown covering a tooth
• Finnish: kruunu — crown covering a tooth
• French: couronne — crown covering a tooth
• Italian: corona — crown covering a tooth
• Italian: capsula — crown covering a tooth
• Japanese: 被せ (kabuse) — crown covering a tooth
• Russian: коро́нка (korónka) — crown covering a tooth
• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — summit of a mountain
• Finnish: huippu — summit of a mountain
• French: sommet — summit of a mountain
• French: cime — summit of a mountain
• Galician: cima — summit of a mountain
• Galician: cume — summit of a mountain
• Hungarian: csúcs — summit of a mountain
• Hungarian: tető — summit of a mountain
• Hungarian: orom — summit of a mountain
• Italian: cima — summit of a mountain
• Japanese: 頂上 (chōjō) — summit of a mountain
• Malay: puncak — summit of a mountain
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — summit of a mountain
• Sicilian: pizzu — summit of a mountain
• Sicilian: punta — summit of a mountain
• Finnish: katto — artificial upper limit
• French: plafond — artificial upper limit
• German: Obergrenze — artificial upper limit
• Hebrew: מכסה (mih'sǎ) — artificial upper limit
• Hungarian: plafon — artificial upper limit
• Hungarian: limit — artificial upper limit
• Hungarian: maximum — artificial upper limit
• Italian: tetto — artificial upper limit
• Polish: limit — artificial upper limit
• Polish: ograniczenie — artificial upper limit
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ograničénije) — artificial upper limit
• Russian: кэп (kɛp) — artificial upper limit
• Sicilian: màssimu — artificial upper limit
• Sicilian: tettu — artificial upper limit
• Thai: เพดาน (pee-daan) — artificial upper limit
• Bulgarian: гугла (gugla) — top part of a mushroom
• Finnish: lakki — top part of a mushroom
• French: chapeau — top part of a mushroom
• French: tête — top part of a mushroom
• French: carpophore — top part of a mushroom
• French: piléus — top part of a mushroom
• Galician: sombreiro — top part of a mushroom
• German: Hut — top part of a mushroom
• Hungarian: kalap — top part of a mushroom
• Italian: cappella — top part of a mushroom
• Japanese: かさ (kasa) — top part of a mushroom
• Polish: kapelusz — top part of a mushroom
• Portuguese: chapéu — top part of a mushroom
• Portuguese: chapeleta — top part of a mushroom
• Portuguese: píleo — top part of a mushroom
• Russian: шля́пка (šljápka) — top part of a mushroom
• Sicilian: còppula — top part of a mushroom
• Swedish: hatt — top part of a mushroom
• Finnish: nalli — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Italian: capsula — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Māori: tingara — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Polish: kapiszon — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Russian: писто́н (pistón) — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Spanish: fulminante — gunpowder charge for a toy gun
• Finnish: nalli — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Māori: tingara — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Polish: spłonka — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Russian: ка́псюль (kápsjulʹ) — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Spanish: fulminante — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Spanish: detonante — small amount of explosive used as detonator
• Polish: kulka — bullet
• Russian: масли́на (maslína) — bullet
• French: calotte — portion of a sphere
• Polish: czasza — portion of a sphere
• Finnish: maaottelu — soccer: international appearance
• Hungarian: válogatottság — soccer: international appearance
• Polish: występ w reprezentacji — soccer: international appearance
• Portuguese: convocação — soccer: international appearance
• Swedish: landskamp — soccer: international appearance
• Bulgarian: главна буква (glavna bukva) — informal: uppercase letter
• Finnish: tikkukirjain — informal: uppercase letter
• Swedish: stor bokstav — informal: uppercase letter
• Bulgarian: покривам (pokrivam) — to cover or seal with a cap
• Finnish: korkittaa — to cover or seal with a cap
• Finnish: kansittaa — to cover or seal with a cap
• Māori: pōtae — to cover or seal with a cap
• Māori: whakapōtae — to award a cap as a mark of distinction
• Swedish: täcka — to lie over or on top of something
• Bulgarian: превъзхождам (prevǎzhoždam) — to surpass or outdo
• Finnish: ohittaa — to surpass or outdo
• Finnish: ylittää — to surpass or outdo