different between coppish vs capisce

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??pi??/, /k??pi??/

Interjection

coppish

1. Alternative spelling of capisce

Etymology 2

cop +? -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p??/

Adjective

coppish (comparative more coppish, superlative most coppish)

1. (slang) Resembling or characteristic of a police officer.

Etymology 3

From codpiece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p??/

Noun

coppish

1. (Wales) The fly of a zipper.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “capiche”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• capiche, capeesh, capisch, capishe, coppish, kabish

Etymology

Borrowed (with a change of spelling reflecting the slang pronunciation) from Italian capisci, the second-person singular present indicative form of capire (“to understand”), from Latin capi? (“to grasp, seize”), from Proto-Italic *kapi?, from Proto-Indo-European *kh?pyéti, from the root *keh?p- (“to grab, to seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??pi??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??pi?/
• Rhymes: -i??

Interjection

capisce?

1. (slang) “Get it?”; “understood?”.

   • Brodka: Hey, kid: one more thing. If you ever set foot in this store again, you'll be spending Christmas in juvenile hall. Capisce?

     Bart: [silence]

     Brodka: Well, do you understand?

     Bart: Everything except “capisce.”

Usage notes

• Often used in a threatening manner, in imitation of the way the Italian Mafia is often portrayed in popular culture and entertainment media.
• Without a question mark at the end, it is sometimes used to mean, “I understand”, as an American colloquialism. In Italian, that would actually mean “he/she/it understands” or a formal “you understand”. To mean “I understand”, one would actually say capisco.

Translations

Anagrams

• ice caps, ice-caps, icecaps, ipecacs

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?pi?.?e/

Verb

capisce

1. third-person singular present indicative of capire