different between coppa vs cappa

English

Etymology

From Italian coppa (“nape”).

Noun

coppa (usually uncountable, plural coppas)

1. capicola

Anagrams

• cappo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.pa/

Noun

coppa m (plural coppa)

1. koppa (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “coppa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p.pa/, /?kop.pa/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin c?pa

Noun

coppa f (plural coppe)

1. goblet
2. (cooking) bowl
3. cup (especially as a sporting trophy, often capitalised)
4. bra cup
5. (in the plural) suit of some playing card

Derived terms

• coppa dell'olio (“oil sump”)
• coppa della ruota (“hub cap”)
• coppetta

Descendants

• ? Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ?????

  Latin: k?pa

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

coppa f (plural coppe)

1. (regional, literally) nape (of the neck)
2. neck (pork cut)
3. capicola
4. (regional) large pork sausage

Etymology 3

Noun

coppa f (plural coppe)

1. koppa (Greek letter)

Etymology 4

Verb

coppa

1. third-person singular present indicative of coppare
2. second-person singular imperative of coppare

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæp?/
  • Rhymes: -æp?
• Homophones: kappa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of cape.

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

Related terms

• cappula

Etymology 2

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
   • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick (page 211)

     I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

Anagrams

• AACPP

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp?pa
• Homophone: kappa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cappa.

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. cape

Derived terms

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

Related terms

• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Noun

cappa m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.; kay

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps the shortened form of capitul?re (“head tax”), from caput. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Alternative forms

• capa

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/, [?käp?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/, [?k?p??]

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cappella
• capellus (Medieval Latin)
• *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)
• *excapp? (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

References

• cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapa/, [?ka.pa]

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonym: kappa