kapral

See also: Kapral and kaprál

Estonian

Etymology

From French caporal, from Italian caporale (from capo (“head”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑprɑl/, [ˈkɑprɑl]
• Rhymes: -ɑprɑl
• Hyphenation: kap‧ral

Noun

kapral (genitive kaprali, partitive kapralit)

1. (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer)

   Synonym: (slang) pulgamees

   Hypernyms: allohvitser, sõjaväelane

Declension

Declension of kapral (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kapral	kapralid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaprali
genitive			kapralite
partitive		kapralit	kapraleid
illative		kapralisse	kapralitesse kapraleisse
inessive		kapralis	kapralites kapraleis
elative		kapralist	kapralitest kapraleist
allative		kapralile	kapralitele kapraleile
adessive		kapralil	kapralitel kapraleil
ablative		kapralilt	kapralitelt kapraleilt
translative		kapraliks	kapraliteks kapraleiks
terminative		kapralini	kapraliteni
essive		kapralina	kapralitena
abessive		kapralita	kapraliteta
comitative		kapraliga	kapralitega

References

• kapral in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kapral”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caporale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.ral/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apral
• Syllabification: kap‧ral
• Homophone: Kapral

Noun

kapral m pers (related adjective kapralski, abbreviation kpr.)

1. (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4; the rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private)

   Hypernym: podoficer

2. (derogatory) person with coarse manners

Declension

Declension of kapral

	singular	plural
nominative	kapral	kaprale
genitive	kaprala	kaprali
dative	kapralowi	kapralom
accusative	kaprala	kaprali
instrumental	kapralem	kapralami
locative	kapralu	kapralach
vocative	kapralu	kaprale

Noun

kapral m animal

1. (archaic) male partridge

   Hypernym: samiec

Declension

Declension of kapral

	singular	plural
nominative	kapral	kaprale
genitive	kaprala	kaprali
dative	kapralowi	kapralom
accusative	kaprala	kaprale
instrumental	kapralem	kapralami
locative	kapralu	kapralach
vocative	kapralu	kaprale

Derived terms

nouns

• kapralstwo

 

Further reading

• kapral in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapral in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kapral in PWN's encyclopedia