cap
/kæp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.51 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
noun
An academic mortarboard.
noun
A protective cover or seal.
noun
An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
Example Sentences
- "The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun."
- "That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white, “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight” That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small, “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”"
- "He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne."
- "He had golden caps on his teeth."
- "There was snow on the cap of the mountain."
- "We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control."
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kæp/
- British English: /kæp/