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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈpɹiːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caprice.wav Forms: caprices [plural]
Rhymes: -iːs Etymology: Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio and chevron. Ultimately from Latin caper (“goat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|caprice}} French caprice, {{der|en|it|capriccio}} Italian capriccio, {{doublet|en|capriccio|chevron}} Doublet of capriccio and chevron, {{der|en|la|caper||goat}} Latin caper (“goat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} caprice (plural caprices)
  1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. Synonyms: whim Translations (impulsive change of mind): прищявка (prištjavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 隨想 /随想 (ceoi⁴ soeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 隨想 /随想 (suíxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kapric [masculine] (Czech), oikku (Finnish) Translations (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action): tekë (Albanian), trill (Albanian), σχεδίασμα (skhedíasma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), froudenn [feminine] (Breton), каприз (kapriz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), прищявка (prištjavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), capritx [masculine] (Catalan), caprici [masculine] (Catalan), rozmar [masculine] (Czech), vrtoch [masculine] (Czech), kapric [masculine] (Czech), capriool [neuter] (Dutch), capriolen [plural] (Dutch), kaprico (Esperanto), heitto (Finnish), möläys (english: notion) (Finnish), oikku (note: action) (Finnish), caprice [masculine] (French), Laune [feminine] (German), dyntur [masculine] (Icelandic), duttlungur [masculine] (Icelandic), fíbín [masculine] (Irish), arbitrium [neuter] (Latin), kaprys [masculine] (Polish), capricho [masculine] (Portuguese), capriciu [neuter] (Romanian), капри́з (kapríz) [masculine] (Russian), хи̑р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hȋr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), capricho (Spanish), nyck (Swedish), infall (Swedish), påhitt (Swedish), ryck (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-caprice-en-noun-HfSwW3Lf Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 9 8 14 37 Disambiguation of 'impulsive change of mind': 55 2 6 10 27 Disambiguation of 'impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action': 56 3 9 26 6
  2. A brief romance. Synonyms: fling
    Sense id: en-caprice-en-noun-GP1EC~Wg
  3. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. Translations (unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes): изменчивост (izmenčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), непостоянност (nepostojannost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), capritx [masculine] (Catalan), caprici [masculine] (Catalan), oikku (Finnish), kaprys [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-caprice-en-noun-Yr1BP0oD Disambiguation of 'unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes': 7 2 83 5 3
  4. A disposition to be impulsive. Translations (disposition to be impulsive): импулсивност (impulsivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), oikullisuus (Finnish), oikuttelu (Finnish), impulsivitate (Romanian), своенравие (svojenravije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-caprice-en-noun-QT5gOnwZ Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 9 8 14 37 Disambiguation of 'disposition to be impulsive': 15 2 6 74 2
  5. (music) A capriccio. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-caprice-en-noun-9nk~~HCJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 3 3 3 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 5 5 4 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 3 3 3 51 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 2 2 2 57 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 31 10 7 8 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 9 8 14 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 31 10 7 8 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 8 7 8 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 32 7 6 6 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 9 7 8 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 12 7 8 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 8 7 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 32 5 5 4 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 9 7 8 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 7 7 6 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 7 6 6 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 31 9 7 8 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 9 10 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 32 5 5 4 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 9 5 9 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 10 8 9 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 10 7 7 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 9 7 8 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 5 5 4 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 31 10 7 7 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 32 5 4 4 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 9 7 8 45 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capricious

Noun [French]

IPA: /ka.pʁis/ Audio: Fr-caprice.ogg Forms: caprices [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|capriccio}} Borrowed from Italian capriccio Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caprice m (plural caprices)
  1. whim; wish Tags: masculine Synonyms: lubie
    Sense id: en-caprice-fr-noun-KSLPJp~e Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. tantrum Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caprice-fr-noun-mozOFNS0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: capricieux

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Though more thoughtful than Madame de Mercœur, yet it asked far more knowledge of society—that wilderness of small intricacies—for her to penetrate into the motives of those who seemed so suddenly struck with her fascination; but she was too clear-headed to be deceived, and set it all down under one general belief in caprice.",
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          "word": "möläys"
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          "_dis1": "56 3 9 26 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fíbín"
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          "_dis1": "56 3 9 26 6",
          "code": "la",
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          "_dis1": "56 3 9 26 6",
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          "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
          "word": "capricho"
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          "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
          "word": "nyck"
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          "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
          "word": "infall"
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          "word": "påhitt"
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          "word": "ryck"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prištjavka",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "прищявка"
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          "_dis1": "55 2 6 10 27",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ceoi⁴ soeng²",
          "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
          "word": "隨想 /随想"
        },
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          "_dis1": "55 2 6 10 27",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suíxiǎng",
          "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
          "word": "隨想 /随想"
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          "ref": "1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that a caprice lasts a little longer.",
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          "text": "After that we cast off all allegiance to immediate, tangible, and time-touched things, and entered a fantastic world of hushed unreality in which the narrow, ribbon-like road rose and fell and curved with an almost sentient and purposeful caprice amidst the tenantless green peaks and half-deserted valleys",
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          "roman": "nepostojannost",
          "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "непостоянност"
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          "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
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          "word": "capritx"
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          "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
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          "word": "caprici"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 2 83 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
          "word": "oikku"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 83 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
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          "ref": "1726, [Edward Young], The Universal Passion. Satire the Last. To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole., 1st edition, London: […] J[ames] Roberts […], →OCLC, page 2:",
          "text": "Yet, Britain, vvhence this Caprice of thy Sons, / VVhich thro' their various ranks vvith fury runs? / The cauſe is plain, a cauſe vvhich vve muſt bleſs; / For Caprice is the Daughter of Succeſs, […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1821, William Hazlitt, “Essay XII. On Will-making.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume I, London: John Warren, […], →OCLC, page 267:",
          "text": "This last act of our lives seldom belies the former tenor of them, for stupidity, caprice, and unmeaning spite. All that we seem to think of is to manage matters so […] as to do as little good, and to plague and disappoint as many people as possible.",
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          "ref": "1906, G. Stanley Hall, Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene, page 9:",
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "froudenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kapriz",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каприз"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prištjavka",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прищявка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capritx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caprici"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrtoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapric"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "capriool"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "capriolen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "kaprico"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "heitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "notion",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "möläys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "action",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "oikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caprice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laune"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skhedíasma",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχεδίασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyntur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duttlungur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fíbín"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arbitrium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaprys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capricho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "capriciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapríz",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "капри́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хи̑р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hȋr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "capricho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "nyck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "infall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "påhitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "ryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmenčivost",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изменчивост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepostojannost",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непостоянност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capritx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caprici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "word": "oikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaprys"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "impulsivnost",
      "sense": "disposition to be impulsive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "импулсивност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disposition to be impulsive",
      "word": "oikullisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disposition to be impulsive",
      "word": "oikuttelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "disposition to be impulsive",
      "word": "impulsivitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svojenravije",
      "sense": "disposition to be impulsive",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "своенравие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prištjavka",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прищявка"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ceoi⁴ soeng²",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "隨想 /随想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suíxiǎng",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "隨想 /随想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapric"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "oikku"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "caprice"
  ],
  "word": "caprice"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Italian",
    "French terms derived from Italian",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "capricieux"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kaprice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kaprice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kaprice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caprice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caprice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caprice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Caprice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Caprice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Caprice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קפריזה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kapriza"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קפריזה (kapriza)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קפריזה (kapriza)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "capriciu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: capriciu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: capriciu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "каприз",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: каприз (kapriz)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: каприз (kapriz)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kapris",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kapris",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kapris"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "capriccio"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian capriccio",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian capriccio.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caprices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caprice m (plural caprices)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not ill! Indeed, I am young, healthy and strong. Blood flows freely in my veins; all my parts obey my every wish.",
          "ref": "1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:",
          "text": "Pas malade ! en effet, je suis jeune, sain et fort. Le sang coule librement dans mes veines ; tous mes membres obéissent à tous mes caprices",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whim; wish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whim",
          "whim"
        ],
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lubie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tantrum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tantrum",
          "tantrum"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.pʁis/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-caprice.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Fr-caprice.ogg/Fr-caprice.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Fr-caprice.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caprice"
}

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