"caput" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəpˈʊt/, /ˈkæp.ət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caput.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caputs [plural], capita [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, chef, and chief, and distantly of head. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|caput|t=the head}} Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”), {{dbt|en|cape#Etymology 1|chef|chief}} Doublet of cape, chef, and chief, {{doublet|en|head|notext=1}} head Head templates: {{en-noun|s|capita}} caput (plural caputs or capita)
  1. (anatomy) The head. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-caput-en-noun-Y~HP1lFs Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-caput-en-noun-alkRL83s Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. The top or superior part of a thing.
    Sense id: en-caput-en-noun--A9Z-Tmv
  4. (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-caput-en-noun-arLDOIyN Categories (other): British English, Brazilian Portuguese, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Brazilian Portuguese: 7 2 3 0 14 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 1 7 5 4 13 17 3 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 1 41 24 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 14 1 51 18
  5. (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of caput succedaneum. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Alternative form of: caput succedaneum Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-caput-en-noun-lDbVMZmK Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capite, caput mortuum

Inflected forms

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