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Webster 1913 Edition


Capote

Ca-pote′

,
Noun.
[Sp.
capote
(cf. F.
capote
.), fr. LL.
capa
cape, cloak. See
Cap
.]
A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.

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capote

capote

See also: capoté

English

Noun

capote (plural capotes)

  1. A long coat or cloak with a hood.
  2. A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th century Canadian woodsmen.
    • 1888, Theodore Roosevelt, Frontier Types, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, October 1888.
      The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored capote, or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins.

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin caput (head), with the diminutive French suffix -ote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.pɔt/

Noun

capote f (plural capotes)

  1. greatcoat
  2. (of a car) soft top
  3. (slang) shorter form of capote anglaise

Verb

capote

  1. first-person singular present indicative of capoter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of capoter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of capoter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of capoter
  5. second-person singular imperative of capoter

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Italian

Etymology

capo- +

Noun

capote f (invariable)

  1. bonnet (British), hood (US) (of a car)
  2. soft top

Norman

Noun

capote f (plural capotes)

  1. condom

Portuguese

Noun

capote m (plural capotes)

  1. (slang) condom

Verb

capote

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of capotar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of capotar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of capotar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of capotar

Spanish

Noun

capote m (plural capotes)

  1. cloak
  2. (bullfighting) cape worn by bullfighters