cappa

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpə/
• Rhymes: -æpə
• Homophone: kappa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capa and cape.

cappa (plural cappae)

1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

• cappa magna
• cappula

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cappa (plural cappas)

1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
   • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick, page 211:

     I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

• AACPP

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.pa/
• Homophone: kappa
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp‧pa

From Late Latin cappa.

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. cape

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

• accappare
• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

• → Aromanian: capã

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

cappa m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.; kay

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

• cappa1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappa3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• capa, cappus, capus

Of disputed origin; the leading theory is that it is perhaps a shortened form of capitulāre, from caput (“head”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.pa]

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, cloak (usu. with a hood)
   1. raincape or riding cloak
   2. (Medieval Latin) cope (a long, rich ceremonial vestment)
2. (Medieval Latin) headwear, cap
   1. (transferred) the uppermost or protective part of any assembly

First-declension noun.

• *excappāre
• cappella
• cappellus

• "cappa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “cappa”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

From Proto-West Germanic *kappā, from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of cæppe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑp.pɑ/

cappa m

1. a long tunic with a hood; huke

Weak n-stem:

• cæppe

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: cap‧pa

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter Κ, κ

   Synonym: kappa

• “cappa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025