"Kappa" meaning in All languages combined

See Kappa on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Etymology: From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee. Etymology templates: {{m+|en|kappa}} English kappa, {{bor|en|ja|河童|t=water imp|tr=kappa}} Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”) Head templates: {{en-interjection}} Kappa
  1. (Internet) Used to indicate sarcasm in imitation of Kappa as used on Twitch.tv Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-Kappa-en-intj-RoyvI5A0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10

Noun [English]

Forms: Kappas [plural]
Etymology: From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee. Etymology templates: {{m+|en|kappa}} English kappa, {{bor|en|ja|河童|t=water imp|tr=kappa}} Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Kappa (plural Kappas)
  1. (Twitch-speak) An emote, often used as a postscript, to indicate that the preceding statement is sarcastic or false.
    Sense id: en-Kappa-en-noun-yluN3lrt Categories (other): English Twitch-speak

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Kappa.ogg
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa). Etymology templates: {{lbor|de|grc|κάππα}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(s),s}} Kappa n (strong, genitive Kappas or Kappa, plural Kappas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(s),s}} Forms: Kappas [genitive], Kappa [genitive], Kappas [plural], strong [table-tags], Kappa [nominative, singular], Kappas [definite, nominative, plural], Kappas [genitive, singular], Kappa [genitive, singular], Kappas [definite, genitive, plural], Kappa [dative, singular], Kappas [dative, definite, plural], Kappa [accusative, singular], Kappas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. kappa (Greek letter) Wikipedia link: de:Kappa Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-Kappa-de-noun-Cy-RiQTu Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kappa meaning in All languages combined (4.9kB)

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