capitaine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A captain.
Example Sentences
- "(traducted from french to english): "Captain, I didn't tell you that I speak french very well too. My old girlfriend mentored me, when I was working at Merten Orbital Station." Confused, the capitaine look at Thomas and said: "Indeed, it's surprise me very much...""
- "Of course, a Capitaine of a ship having already a mutinery aboard before he got the chair is not very pleasant. I didn't mean to criticize Souvannaphouma solely. His XO, Cox'n and the rest of the personel could have gave their support to their CO."
- "The company is a Malaysian one, the capitaine is a Malaysian one. I guess he doesn't want to lose his boat in the sea or to have any trouble, so he manages his business with wisdom. Last september, I stayed one full day in Koh Kong because it was impossible to travel due to the storm. The capitaine did not try to go. If the boat leave the port, it means thet it's 100% safe.The boats on the sea are 10 times better than the boat from PP to Siem Reap."
- "I sort of get the fanatical devotion to, say, Gionta. Even if injured or seeming to play uninspired hockey (relative to his old self, anyway), he's the capitaine and at least has a relatively longstanding reputation as a sparkplug and clutch scorer."
Etymology
Borrowed from French capitaine.