"caprice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈpɹiːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caprice.wav [Southern-England] 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, {{m|it|caporiccio|t=fright, sudden start}} caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”), {{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 (Chinese Cantonese), 随想 (ceoi⁴ soeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 隨想 (Chinese Mandarin), 随想 (suíxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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 Disambiguation of 'impulsive change of mind': 58 3 6 12 21 Disambiguation of 'impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action': 56 4 9 26 5
  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 3 82 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 Disambiguation of 'disposition to be impulsive': 16 3 5 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 3 3 56 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capricious

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      "expansion": "Italian capriccio",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "caporiccio",
        "t": "fright, sudden start"
      },
      "expansion": "caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "capriccio",
        "3": "chevron"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of capriccio and chevron",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caper",
        "4": "",
        "5": "goat"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin caper (“goat”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "caprices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "caprice (plural caprices)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "capricious"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1899, Harold MacGrath, Arms and the Woman",
          "text": "She is said to be the finest swordswoman on the Continent. Yet, notwithstanding her caprices, she is a noble-minded woman.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion."
      ],
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        [
          "impulsive",
          "impulsive"
        ],
        [
          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
        ],
        [
          "unmotivated",
          "unmotivated"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "notion",
          "notion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whim"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A brief romance."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fling"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness",
          "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unpredictable",
          "unpredictable"
        ],
        [
          "sudden",
          "sudden"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906, G. Stanley Hall, Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene, page 9",
          "text": "Skill, endurance, and perseverance may almost be called muscular virtues; and fatigue, velleity, caprice, ennui, restlessness, lack of control and poise, muscular faults.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
          "text": "In selecting Bran Stark, the lords of Westeros are choosing to value these stories and memories above whatever other qualities might make a good ruler, and more specifically, put an end to the caprices of heritage that have allowed bloodlines to wreak havoc on good stewardship of these kingdoms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A disposition to be impulsive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disposition",
          "disposition"
        ],
        [
          "impulsive",
          "impulsive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A capriccio."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "capriccio",
          "capriccio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A capriccio."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈpɹiːs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "tekë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action",
      "word": "trill"
    },
    {
      "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": "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",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "隨想"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ceoi⁴ soeng²",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "随想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "隨想"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suíxiǎng",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "随想"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impulsive change of mind",
      "word": "oikku"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "caprice"
  ],
  "word": "caprice"
}

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