different between kapok vs kapo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke??p?k/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /?k??p??k/, [?k??p???]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.

   Synonym: mumian

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 492:

     The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 39:

     You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.

   • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 15:

     A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.

2. The silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

   Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian

3. The cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).

   Synonym: kapok tree

Alternative forms

• capoc
• kapoc

Derived terms

• kapok tree

Translations

References

Further reading

• Ceiba pentandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombax ceiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bombax ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombax ceiba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Kopka

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok

1. (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
2. (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

Hungarian

Etymology

kap +? -ok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?pok]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Verb

kapok

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Wikipedia says this ety is uncertain and suggests several others.”)

Noun

kapo (plural kapos)

1. (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.

Translations

Anagrams

• poak

Burushaski

Noun

kapo

1. cuckoo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapo/
• Hyphenation: ka?po

Etymology 1

From Latin caput and Italian capo.

Noun

kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)

1. head
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     Kiom da kapoj, tiom da opinioj.

     However many heads, that many opinions.

Derived terms

• skeletkapo

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa, “the letter ?”).

Noun

kapo (accusative singular kapon, plural kapoj, accusative plural kapojn)

1. kappa

Finnish

Alternative forms

• capo

Noun

kapo

1. (music) capotasto, capo

Declension

Anagrams

• pako, poka

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.po/

Noun

kapo m (plural kapos)

1. (historical) kapo

Further reading

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

Ido

Noun

kapo (plural kapi)

1. head

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.p?/

Etymology 1

From German Kapo, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

Noun

kapo m pers (indeclinable) or kapo f (indeclinable)

1. (historical) kapo (male or female)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kapo

1. vocative singular of kapa

Further reading

• kapo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kapo in Polish dictionaries at PWN