caper
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpə/
- Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ca‧per
Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]caper (plural capers)
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- 2022, Jennifer Egan, “i, the Protagonist”, in The Candy House:
- His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?
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Verb
[edit]caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]caper (plural capers)
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).
Noun
[edit]caper (plural capers)
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- Synonym: caperberry
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
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Further reading
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Shortening of capercaillie.
Noun
[edit]caper (plural capers)
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]caper
- (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
- (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | simple | caper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | capant /ka.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | capé /ka.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
capent /kap/ |
imperfect | capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capais /ka.pɛ/ |
capait /ka.pɛ/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capaient /ka.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | capai /ka.pe/ |
capas /ka.pa/ |
capa /ka.pa/ |
capâmes /ka.pam/ |
capâtes /ka.pat/ |
capèrent /ka.pɛʁ/ | |
future | caperai /ka.pʁe/ |
caperas /ka.pʁa/ |
capera /ka.pʁa/ |
caperons /ka.pʁɔ̃/ |
caperez /ka.pʁe/ |
caperont /ka.pʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperais /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperait /ka.pʁɛ/ |
caperions /ka.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caperiez /ka.pə.ʁje/ |
caperaient /ka.pʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape /kap/ |
capes /kap/ |
cape /kap/ |
capions /ka.pjɔ̃/ |
capiez /ka.pje/ |
capent /kap/ |
imperfect2 | capasse /ka.pas/ |
capasses /ka.pas/ |
capât /ka.pa/ |
capassions /ka.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
capassiez /ka.pa.sje/ |
capassent /ka.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cape /kap/ |
— | capons /ka.pɔ̃/ |
capez /ka.pe/ |
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compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From blend of cari (“seeking”) + perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]capêr
Further reading
[edit]- “caper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
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From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.per/, [ˈkäpɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.per/, [ˈkäːper]
Noun
[edit]caper m (genitive caprī, feminine capra); second declension
- he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | caper | caprī |
Genitive | caprī | caprōrum |
Dative | caprō | caprīs |
Accusative | caprum | caprōs |
Ablative | caprō | caprīs |
Vocative | caper | caprī |
Coordinate terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “caper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “caper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]caper
- to seize
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | caper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | capant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | capé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
imperfect | capois, capoys | capois, capoys | capoit, capoyt | capions, capyons | capiez, capyez | capoient, capoyent | |
past historic | capa | capas | capa | capasmes | capastes | caperent | |
future | caperai, caperay | caperas | capera | caperons | caperez | caperont | |
conditional | caperois, caperoys | caperois, caperoys | caperoit, caperoyt | caperions, caperyons | caperiez, caperyez | caperoient, caperoyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cape | capes | cape | capons | capez | capent |
imperfect | capasse | capasses | capast | capassions | capassiez | capassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cape | — | capons | capez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]caper m
- indefinite plural of cape
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian cappero.
Noun
[edit]caper m (plural caperi)
- caper (a plant)
Declension
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- la:Goats
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