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English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.

From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth. For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa).

From French cape, from Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”). The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare caped crusader.) Doublet of capa and cappa.

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Kaap — the region of the Cape of Good Hope
• Afrikaans: kaap — headland
• Albanian: kepi — headland
• Arabic: رَأْس (raʔs) — headland
• Arabic: راس (rās) — headland
• Arabic: راس (rās) — headland
• Armenian: հրվանդան (hrvandan) — headland
• Azerbaijani: burun — headland
• West Coast Bajau: torong — headland
• Bashkir: морон (moron) — headland
• Basque: lurmutur — headland
• Belarusian: мыс (mys) — headland
• Bau Bidayuh: tonyung — headland
• Breton: kab — headland
• Bulgarian: нос (nos) — headland
• Burmese: အငူ (a.ngu) — headland
• Catalan: cap — headland
• Chinese: 海鼻 (hái-phīn) — headland
• Chinese Mandarin: 角 (jiǎo) — headland
• Chinese Mandarin: 海角 (hǎijiǎo) — headland
• Chinese Mandarin: 海岬 (hǎijiǎ) — headland
• Chinese Mandarin: 陆岬 (lùjiǎ) — headland
• Czech: mys — headland
• Danish: kap — headland
• Dutch: kaap — headland
• Esperanto: kabo — headland
• Estonian: neem — headland
• Farefare: kaap — headland
• Faroese: oddi — headland
• Finnish: niemi — headland
• Finnish: niemeke — headland
• French: cap — headland
• Friulian: cjâf — headland
• Georgian: კონცხი (ḳoncxi) — headland
• German: Kap — headland
• Greek: ακρωτήρι (akrotíri) — headland
• Ancient Greek: ἄκρον (ákron) — headland
• Greenlandic: nuuk — headland
• Haitian Creole: kap — headland
• Hawaiian: lae — headland
• Hebrew: כֵּף (kef) — headland
• Hungarian: fok — headland
• Icelandic: höfði — headland
• Icelandic: tangi — headland
• Icelandic: nes — headland
• Indonesian: tanjung — headland
• Ingrian: neemi — headland
• Ingrian: nenä — headland
• Iranun: tandu' — headland
• Irish: rinn — headland
• Irish: ceann tíre — headland
• Italian: capo — headland
• Japanese: 岬 (misaki) — headland
• Japanese: 崎 (saki) — headland
• Japanese: 鼻 (hana) — headland
• Kazakh: мүйіс (müiıs) — headland
• Korean: 곶 (got) — headland
• Korean: 갑 (gap) — headland
• Latin: promunturium — headland
• Latin: promontorium — headland
• Latvian: zemesrags — headland
• Lithuanian: kyšulys — headland
• Macedonian: 'рт ('rt) — headland
• Macedonian: нос (nos) — headland
• Malagasy: tanjona — headland
• Malay: tanjung — headland
• Malay: tanah penganjur — headland
• Maltese: ras — headland
• Māori: kūrae — headland
• Central Melanau: tajuong — headland
• Central Melanau: tujoh — headland
• Norwegian Bokmål: kapp — headland
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kapp — headland
• Old Norse: tangi — headland
• Pannonian Rusyn: кончик (končik) — headland
• Papiamentu: kaap — headland
• Polish: przylądek — headland
• Polish: cypel — headland
• Portuguese: cabo — headland
• Romanian: cap — headland
• Romanian: promontoriu — headland
• Russian: мыс (mys) — headland
• Russian: нос (nos) — headland
• Scottish Gaelic: ceap — headland
• Serbo-Croatian: рт — headland
• Serbo-Croatian: rt — headland
• Slovak: mys — headland
• Slovene: rt — headland
• Spanish: cabo — headland
• Swahili: rasi — headland
• Swedish: kap — headland
• Tagalog: tangos — headland
• Tagalog: lungos — headland
• Tamil: முனை (muṉai) — headland
• Thai: แหลม (lɛ̌ɛm) — headland
• Turkish: burun — headland
• Ottoman Turkish: بورون (burun) — headland
• Ukrainian: мис (mys) — headland
• Vietnamese: mũi — headland
• Vietnamese: mũi đất — headland
• Welsh: penrhyn — headland
• Welsh: pentir — headland
• Bulgarian: пелерина (pelerina) — garment
• Catalan: capa — garment
• Chinese Mandarin: 斗篷 (dǒupeng) — garment
• Chinese Mandarin: 披肩 (pījiān) — garment
• Chinese Mandarin: 披風 /披风 (pīfēng) — garment
• Danish: kappe — garment
• Dutch: mantel — garment
• Esperanto: mantelo — garment
• Esperanto: pelerino — garment
• Estonian: peleriin keep — garment
• Finnish: viitta — garment
• French: cape — garment
• Galician: mantelo — garment
• German: Cape — garment
• Greek: κάπα (kápa) — garment
• Greek: μπέρτα (bérta) — garment
• Hungarian: köpeny — garment
• Irish: clóca — garment
• Italian: cappa — garment
• Italian: mantellina — garment
• Japanese: ケープ (kēpu) — garment
• Korean: 망토 (mangto) — garment
• Latin: cappa — garment
• Macedonian: наметка (nametka) — garment
• Māori: tūpuni — garment
• Māori: katekate — garment
• Norwegian Bokmål: cape — garment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cape — garment
• Persian: شنل (šenel) — garment
• Polish: peleryna — garment
• Portuguese: capa — garment
• Romanian: capă — garment
• Russian: наки́дка (nakídka) — garment
• Russian: пелери́на (pelerína) — garment
• Scottish Gaelic: cleòc — garment
• Spanish: capa — garment
• Spanish: capote — garment
• Spanish: capeta — garment
• Spanish: capotillo — garment
• Spanish: capisayo — garment
• Spanish: capota — garment
• Swedish: cape — garment
• Swedish: slängkappa — garment
• Turkish: pelerin — garment
• Walloon: capote — garment
• Walloon: chabrake — garment
• Welsh: cêp — garment