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cap

Pronunciation: [ˈkap]

“cap” is a Catalan word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. head
  2. boss, chief, leader
  3. cape (piece of land)
  4. chief
  5. end

determiner

  1. no, not any (usually with no or other negative particle)
  2. any (in questions and suppositions)

pronoun

  1. none, not one (usually with no or other negative particle)
  2. anyone (in questions and suppositions)

preposition

  1. towards, to

In Catalan

  1. Part superior i anterior del cos d'un animal.
  2. Part superior del cos de l'ésser humà, considerada com a seu del pensament, l'intel·lecte, judici, talent, seny.
  3. Lloc de preferència, central.
  4. Localitat principal d'un territori; capital.
  5. La part més alta d'una cosa.
  6. Individu considerat com a membre d’una col·lectivitat.
  7. Extremitat en general.
  8. Part de terra que s'endinsa en la mar.
  9. corda
  10. En un repartiment, cadascun dels participants.
  11. Part final d'un bastó, que impacta en la bola en executar el colp.
  12. Part més ampla d'una eina.

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus (“head, chief”), from Latin caput (“head, etc.”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput. Compare Occitan cap. Compare also French personne (which can mean either "person" or "nobody").

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