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masculine

/kap/

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Translation

cape, headland; course, heading

Word origin

From Occitan cap ('head'), from Latin caput. A headland is literally a head of land, and English 'cape', 'capital' and 'chief' come from the same word.

Origin: Latin
Root: caput
English cognates: cape, capital, chief

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcaps

Examples

The boat is holding its course northwards.

We rounded the cape before nightfall.

The headlands on this coast are dangerous.

au .

He changed course at the last moment.

l' .

Two headlands mark the entrance to the sea.

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This word is part of lesson 46.