cappa

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpə/
  • Rhymes: -æpə
• Homophones: kappa

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of cape.

cappa (plural cappae)

1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

• cappula

cappa (plural cappas)

1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
   • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick (page 211)

     I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

• AACPP

From Late Latin cappa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/, [ˈkäppä]
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp‧pa
• Homophone: kappa

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. Alternative form of kappa
5. cape

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

Perhaps the shortened form of capitulāre (“head tax”), from caput. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

First-declension noun.

• cappella
• *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)
• *excappō (Vulgar Latin)

• cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ

• kappa