Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cappuccio

/kɑpˈutʃioʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: cap-puc-cio
IPA: /kɑpˈutʃioʊ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.

name

A surname from Italian.

Example Sentences

"Next after him went Doubt, who was yclad / In a discolour'd cote of straunge disguyse, / That at his backe a brode Capuccio had, / And sleeves dependaunt Albanesè-wyse […]."
"Instead of a cappuccio, he wears a hat."
"Within the Franciscans, a reformist group split off from the order in 1529 to restore the rigor of the original Rule of St. Francis, even to the point of emulating his four-cornered hood, called a cappuccio."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccio. Doublet of capuche.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: cappuccio

Inflected Forms

cappuccios (plural) cappucci (plural) capuccio (alternative)

Rhymes With

nuccio

Questions

How do you pronounce cappuccio?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑpˈutʃioʊ/.
What does cappuccio mean?: A hood, especially of a cloak; a capuche.
Where does cappuccio come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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