"dunce cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dunce caps [plural], dunce's cap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dunce cap (plural dunce caps)
  1. A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that he or she is a dunce. Translations (Conical hat): قبعَة الأغبياء (Arabic), azenoĉapo (Esperanto), tobumüts (Estonian), aasinhattu (Finnish), bonnet d’âne [masculine] (French), Eselsmütze [feminine] (German), Eselskappe [feminine] (German), 던스 캡 (deonseu kaep) (Korean), dumrianhatt (Norwegian), дура́цкий колпа́к (duráckij kolpák) [masculine] (Russian), dumstrut [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dunce_cap-en-noun-TXDM6rsU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Headwear Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Headwear: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'Conical hat': 87 13
  2. The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation. Synonyms (both senses): dunce hat
    Sense id: en-dunce_cap-en-noun-NoiBtiqf Disambiguation of 'both senses': 39 61

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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