"capon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪpən/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-capon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: capons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English capoun; partly from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon) and partly from Old English capūn, both from Latin capo, caponem (Vulgar Latin *cappo), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|capoun}} Middle English capoun, {{der|en|fro-nor|capon}} Old Northern French capon, {{cog|fro|chapon}} Old French chapon, {{inh|en|ang|capūn}} Old English capūn, {{der|en|la|capo|capo, caponem}} Latin capo, caponem, {{m|la|*cappo}} *cappo, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kop-||to strike, to beat}} Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} capon (plural capons)
  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. Categories (lifeform): Chickens, Male animals, Poultry Derived forms: Yarmouth capon Translations (cockerel grown for food): kapoen (Afrikaans), kabon (Breton), кастриран петел (kastriran petel) (Bulgarian), capó [masculine] (Catalan), 鏾雞 (Chinese Cantonese), 𫔌鸡 (english: sin³ gai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 閹雞 (Chinese Mandarin), 阉鸡 (yānjī) (Chinese Mandarin), kapoun (Czech), kapun (Danish), kapoen [masculine] (Dutch), kapono (Esperanto), geldur hani (Faroese), salvukukko (Finnish), kapuuni (Finnish), chapon [masculine] (French), cjapon [masculine] (Friulian), capón [masculine] (Galician), Kapaun [masculine] (German), καπόνι (kapóni) [neuter] (Greek), kappan (Hungarian), geldhani (Icelandic), kapono (Ido), cappone [masculine] (Italian), capo (Latin), ramits gailis (Latvian), romytas gaidys (Lithuanian), chapon [masculine] (Norman), kapun (Norwegian), capon [masculine] (Occitan), kapłon [masculine] (Polish), capão [masculine] (Portuguese), gapôn [masculine] (Romagnol), clapon [masculine] (Romanian), căpun [archaic, masculine, obsolete] (Romanian), copun [archaic, masculine, obsolete] (Romanian), каплу́н (kaplún) [masculine] (Russian), копун [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kopun [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), capón [masculine] (Spanish), kapun (Swedish), capón [masculine] (Venetian), capon [masculine] (Venetian), hogok (Volapük), ömgok (english: older term) [obsolete] (Volapük), capwllt (Welsh), capwrn (Welsh), inkabi yenkuku (Xhosa), iqhude elitheniweyo (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-capon-en-noun-JFdsY83k Disambiguation of Chickens: 83 17 Disambiguation of Male animals: 93 7 Disambiguation of Poultry: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈkeɪpən/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-capon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: capons [present, singular, third-person], caponing [participle, present], caponed [participle, past], caponed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English capoun; partly from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon) and partly from Old English capūn, both from Latin capo, caponem (Vulgar Latin *cappo), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|capoun}} Middle English capoun, {{der|en|fro-nor|capon}} Old Northern French capon, {{cog|fro|chapon}} Old French chapon, {{inh|en|ang|capūn}} Old English capūn, {{der|en|la|capo|capo, caponem}} Latin capo, caponem, {{m|la|*cappo}} *cappo, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kop-||to strike, to beat}} Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed)
  1. (transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-capon-en-verb-F7UIzX0h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Food and drink
Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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        },
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "salvukukko"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "kapuuni"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "kappan"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "geldhani"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "kapono"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cappone"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "capo"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "ramits gailis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "romytas gaidys"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chapon"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "kapun"
        },
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          "code": "oc",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kapłon"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capão"
        },
        {
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gapôn"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clapon"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "kaplún",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каплу́н"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "копун"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "kopun"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capón"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "kapun"
        },
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capón"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capon"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "hogok"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "english": "older term",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "capwllt"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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        },
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          "code": "xh",
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          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
          "word": "inkabi yenkuku"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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        }
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        "(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapoen"
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      ],
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "鏾雞"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "𫔌鸡"
    },
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "閹雞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yānjī",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "阉鸡"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapoun"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapun"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapoen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "geldur hani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "salvukukko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapuuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cjapon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capón"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kapaun"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kapóni",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καπόνι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kappan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "geldhani"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapono"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cappone"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "capo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "ramits gailis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "romytas gaidys"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapun"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapłon"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capão"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "gapôn"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каплу́н"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "kapun"
    },
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      "lang": "Venetian",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
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    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "inkabi yenkuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "cockerel grown for food",
      "word": "iqhude elitheniweyo"
    }
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