caper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpə/
- Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ca‧per
Etymology 1
Shortening of capriole.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
Derived terms
Translations
playful leap
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crime — see crime
Verb
caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)
Translations
to jump about playfully
Translations
Dutch vessel — see privateer
Noun
caper (plural capers)
Synonyms
- (Capparis): caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
Derived terms
Translations
pickled bud of Capparis spinosa
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plant
Etymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
Translations
capercaillie — see capercaillie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pe/
Verb
caper
Conjugation
Conjugation of caper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | capant /ka.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | capé /ka.pe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | caper | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | capant /ka.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
capent /kap/ |
imperfect | capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capait /ka.pɛ/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capaient /ka.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | capai /ka.pe/ |
capas /ka.pa/ |
capa /ka.pa/ |
capâmes /ka.pam/ |
capâtes /ka.pat/ |
capèrent /ka.pɛʁ/ | |
future | caperai /ka.pʁe/ |
caperas /ka.pʁa/ |
capera /ka.pʁa/ |
caperons /ka.pʁɔ̃/ |
caperez /ka.pʁe/ |
caperont /ka.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperait /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperions /ka.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caperiez /ka.pə.ʁje/ |
caperaient /ka.pʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capent /kap/ |
imperfect2 | capasse /ka.pas/ |
capasses /ka.pas/ |
capât /ka.pa/ |
capassions /ka.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
capassiez /ka.pa.sje/ |
capassent /ka.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cape /kap/ |
— | capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”); see also Old Norse hafr (“he-goat”), Old English hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.per/, [ˈka.pɛr]
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | caper | caprī |
Genitive | caprī | caprōrum |
Dative | caprō | caprīs |
Accusative | caprum | caprōs |
Ablative | caprō | caprīs |
Vocative | caper | caprī |
Synonyms
- (male goat): hircus
Derived terms
References
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- caper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle French
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of caper
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | caper | avoir capé | |||||
gerund | en capant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | capant | ||||||
past participle | capé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
simple tenses |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
imperfect | capois, capoys | capois, capoys | capoit, capoyt | capions, capyons | capiez, capyez | capoient, capoyent | |
past historic | capa | capas | capa | capasmes | capastes | caperent | |
future | caperai, caperay | caperas | capera | caperons | caperez | caperont | |
conditional | caperois, caperoys | caperois, caperoys | caperoit, caperoyt | caperions, caperyons | caperiez, caperyez | caperoient, caperoyent | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
simple tenses |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
imperfect | capasse | capasses | capast | capassions | capassiez | capassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | cape | — | capons | capez | — |
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