cape

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from. , and distantly with. For sense development, compare from a root related to.

Noun

 * 1)  A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: kepi
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: راس
 * Hijazi Arabic: راس
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: морон
 * Basque: lurmutur
 * Bau Bidayuh: tonyung
 * Belarusian: мыс
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Melanau: tajuong, tujoh
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 海鼻
 * Mandarin:, , , 陆岬
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kabo
 * Estonian: neem
 * Farefare: kaap
 * Faroese: oddi
 * Finnish:, niemeke
 * French:
 * Friulian: cjâf
 * Georgian: კონცხი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄκρον
 * Greenlandic: nuuk
 * Haitian Creole: kap
 * Hawaiian: lae
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: höfði, tangi,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: neemi, nenä
 * Iranun: tandu'
 * Irish: rinn, ceann tíre
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: мүйіс
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: promunturium, promontorium
 * Latvian: zemesrags
 * Lithuanian: kyšulys
 * Macedonian: 'рт, нос
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:, tanah penganjur
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: kūrae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kapp
 * Nynorsk: kapp
 * Old Norse: tangi
 * Ottoman Turkish: بورون
 * Papiamentu: kaap
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceap
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рт
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: mys
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tangos,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: (㙁),
 * Welsh:, pentir
 * West Coast Bajau: torong

Etymology 2
From, from , from. The second sense ("superhero") is metonymic from the fact that many superheroes wear capes. Likewise, the verb sense "defend, praise" alludes to the stereotypical depiction of superheroes wearing capes when they come to people's defense. (Compare .).

Noun

 * 1) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
 * 2)  A superhero.
 * 1)  A superhero.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: kappe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: mantelo
 * Estonian: peleriin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: mantelo
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: clóca
 * Italian:, mantellina
 * Japanese: ケープ
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: наметка
 * Maori: tūpuni, katekate
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: cape
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cleòc
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh: cêp

Usage notes

 * Some authors distinguish capes from cloaks, especially by saying capes are shorter or sometimes that cloaks have hoods (cowls) or are of thicker material for dealing with cold or wet weather, but the terms are generally interchanged. For example, the traditional is thick for inclement weather and reaches to the calf, James Robinson Planché's 1879 Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress includes some capes with hoods, and 's cape has a cowl today and, like 's and 's capes, typically reaches to the calf if not to the ground.

Verb

 * 1) To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
 * 2)  To head or point; to keep a course.
 * The ship capes southwest by south.
 * 1) To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
 * 2)  To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
 * 3) * 2017, Laila Nur, quoted in Jordan Green, "Far-right groups converge behind anti-sharia message in Raleigh", Triad City Beat, 14 June - 20 June 2017, page 9:
 * Many times, you see white supremacist groups caping for women to mask their agenda of white nationalism.
 * 1) * 2017, Mindy Isser [organizer], quoted by Aubrey Whelan [journalist] in "For Philly's socialists, election wins signal momentum", The Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 November 2017:
 * "I can't believe I'm out here caping for a politician."
 * 1)  To cover (as) with or like a cape.
 * "I can't believe I'm out here caping for a politician."
 * 1)  To cover (as) with or like a cape.
 * 1)  To cover (as) with or like a cape.
 * 1)  To cover (as) with or like a cape.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A.

Etymology
, from (compare the inherited doublet ; cf. also the Old Northern French variant ).

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with, ,.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) a

Noun

 * 1) seed

Noun

 * 1)  (sleeveless garment used by women)