different between american vs blackcap

Friulian

Adjective

american

1. American

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

american m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americans, feminine plural americanas)

1. American

Related terms

• America

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?me.ri?kan/

Adjective

american m or n (feminine singular american?, masculine plural americani, feminine and neuter plural americane)

1. American

Declension

Noun

american m (plural americani, feminine equivalent americanc?)

1. an American man

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

american m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)

1. American

Synonyms

• merican

Related terms

• Amèrica

English

Etymology

From black +? cap.

Noun

blackcap (plural blackcaps)

1. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete, Britain, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, II.4:

     Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [transl. capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.

3. (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
4. (Canada, US) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• bush blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus)
• Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Wilson's blackcap (Wilsonia pusilla)

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