name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
verb
Meaning 3
To castrate; to make a capon of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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4
noun
Meaning 4
castrated male chicken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chicken, Gallus gallus
5
noun
Meaning 5
flesh of a castrated male chicken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chicken, poulet, volaille
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kapoen
— cockerel grown for food
Breton:
kabon
— cockerel grown for food
Bulgarian:
кастриран петел
(kastriran petel)
— cockerel grown for food
Catalan:
capó
— cockerel grown for food
Chinese Cantonese:
鏾雞 /𫔌鸡
— cockerel grown for food
Chinese Mandarin:
閹雞 /阉鸡
(yānjī)
— cockerel grown for food
Czech:
kapoun
— cockerel grown for food
Danish:
kapun
— cockerel grown for food
Dutch:
kapoen
— cockerel grown for food
Esperanto:
kapono
— cockerel grown for food
Faroese:
geldur hani
— cockerel grown for food
Finnish:
salvukukko
— cockerel grown for food
Finnish:
kapuuni
— cockerel grown for food
French:
chapon
— cockerel grown for food
Friulian:
cjapon
— cockerel grown for food
Galician:
capón
— cockerel grown for food
German:
Kapaun
— cockerel grown for food
Greek:
καπόνι
(kapóni)
— cockerel grown for food
Hungarian:
kappan
— cockerel grown for food
Icelandic:
geldhani
— cockerel grown for food
Ido:
kapono
— cockerel grown for food
Italian:
cappone
— cockerel grown for food
Latin:
capo
— cockerel grown for food
Latvian:
ramits gailis
— cockerel grown for food
Lithuanian:
romytas gaidys
— cockerel grown for food
Middle English:
capoun
— cockerel grown for food
Norman:
chapon
— cockerel grown for food
Norwegian:
kapun
— cockerel grown for food
Occitan:
capon
— cockerel grown for food
Old English:
capūn
— cockerel grown for food
Polish:
kapłon
— cockerel grown for food
Portuguese:
capão
— cockerel grown for food
Romagnol:
gapôn
— cockerel grown for food
Romanian:
clapon
— cockerel grown for food
Romanian:
căpun
— cockerel grown for food
Romanian:
copun
— cockerel grown for food
Russian:
каплу́н
(kaplún)
— cockerel grown for food
Serbo-Croatian:
копун
— cockerel grown for food
Serbo-Croatian:
kopun
— cockerel grown for food
Spanish:
capón
— cockerel grown for food
Swedish:
kapun
— cockerel grown for food
Venetan:
capón
— cockerel grown for food
Venetan:
capon
— cockerel grown for food
Volapük:
hogok
— cockerel grown for food
Volapük:
ömgok
— cockerel grown for food
Welsh:
capwllt
— cockerel grown for food
Welsh:
capwrn
— cockerel grown for food
Xhosa:
inkabi yenkuku
— cockerel grown for food
Zulu:
iqhude elitheniweyo
— cockerel grown for food