"capote" meaning in French

See capote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ka.pɔt/ Audio: Fr-capote.ogg Forms: capotes [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin caput (“head”), with the diminutive French suffix -ote. Piecewise doublet of capot. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|caput||head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{piecewise doublet|fr|capot}} Piecewise doublet of capot Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} capote f (plural capotes)
  1. greatcoat Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-capote-fr-noun-XY3xUC42
  2. (of a car) soft top Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-capote-fr-noun-UpnjsBJ6
  3. (slang) Ellipsis of capote anglaise (“condom”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, slang Alternative form of: capote anglaise (extra: condom)
    Sense id: en-capote-fr-noun-yqjAIoEw Categories (other): French ellipses
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: capoter, décapoter

Verb

IPA: /ka.pɔt/ Audio: Fr-capote.ogg
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin caput (“head”), with the diminutive French suffix -ote. Piecewise doublet of capot. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|caput||head}} Latin caput (“head”), {{piecewise doublet|fr|capot}} Piecewise doublet of capot Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} capote
  1. inflection of capoter:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: capoter
    Sense id: en-capote-fr-verb-5JXaSBhd Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 6 0 1 0 11 1 2 1 1 7 7 1 9 0 17 1 1 7 17 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 4 63 26 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 2 7 5 54 32
  2. inflection of capoter:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: capoter
    Sense id: en-capote-fr-verb-JSwRi2-8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capot

Inflected forms

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