different between cabriole vs capriole

English

Etymology

From French cabriole (“a goat's leap”).

Noun

cabriole (plural cabrioles)

1. A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.

See also

• cabriolet
• cabriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alberico, albicore, braciole

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capriola, initially as capriole, with a final -e to fit French norms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.b?i.j?l/
• Homophones: cabriolent, cabrioles

Noun

cabriole f (plural cabrioles)

1. capriole (jump)
2. (dressage) capriole

Verb

cabriole

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabrioler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cabrioler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cabrioler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cabrioler
5. second-person singular imperative of cabrioler

Spanish

Verb

cabriole

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cabriolar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cabriolar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cabriolar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

Noun

capriole (plural caprioles)

1. A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
2. A leap or caper, as in dancing.
   • 1595, John Davies, Orchestra

     With lofty turns and caprioles.

Verb

capriole (third-person singular simple present caprioles, present participle caprioling, simple past and past participle caprioled)

1. (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
2. (transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
   • 1838, Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter Scott

     Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.

Anagrams

• polar ice

French

Noun

capriole f (plural caprioles)

1. (dressage) Dated form of cabriole.

Italian

Noun

capriole f

1. plural of capriola

Anagrams

• copiarle, percolai, piacerlo