"capofila" meaning in Italian

See capofila in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌka.poˈfi.la/ Forms: capifila [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ila Etymology: From capo- + fila. Etymology templates: {{prefix|it|capo|fila}} capo- + fila Head templates: {{it-noun|mfbysense|cap*}} capofila m or f by sense (masculine plural capifila, feminine plural invariable)
  1. person at the head of a queue Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, invariable, masculine, plural
    Sense id: en-capofila-it-noun-6PtfdLSh Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian nouns with irregular gender, Italian terms prefixed with capo-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with irregular gender: 66 34 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with capo-: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. leader (principle representative) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, invariable, masculine, plural
    Sense id: en-capofila-it-noun-ejHhzGn9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in capofila (english: at the head of the line)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "at the head of the line",
      "translation": "at the head of the line",
      "word": "in capofila"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "capo",
        "3": "fila"
      },
      "expansion": "capo- + fila",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From capo- + fila.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "capifila",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "cap*"
      },
      "expansion": "capofila m or f by sense (masculine plural capifila, feminine plural invariable)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧po‧fì‧la"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧po‧fì‧la"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian nouns with irregular gender",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms prefixed with capo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person at the head of a queue"
      ],
      "id": "en-capofila-it-noun-6PtfdLSh",
      "links": [
        [
          "queue",
          "queue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "invariable",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leader (principle representative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-capofila-it-noun-ejHhzGn9",
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "invariable",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌka.poˈfi.la/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ila"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capofila"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 4-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian nouns with irregular gender",
    "Italian nouns with multiple genders",
    "Italian terms prefixed with capo-",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ila",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ila/4 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "at the head of the line",
      "translation": "at the head of the line",
      "word": "in capofila"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "capo",
        "3": "fila"
      },
      "expansion": "capo- + fila",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From capo- + fila.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "capifila",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "cap*"
      },
      "expansion": "capofila m or f by sense (masculine plural capifila, feminine plural invariable)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧po‧fì‧la"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧po‧fì‧la"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person at the head of a queue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "queue",
          "queue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "invariable",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leader (principle representative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "invariable",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌka.poˈfi.la/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ila"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capofila"
}

Download raw JSONL data for capofila meaning in Italian (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.