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lark
English
Alternative forms
- laverock, lavrock
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: läk, IPA(key): /l??k/
- (General American) enPR: lärk, IPA(key): /l??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English l?werce, l?werce, l?uricæ, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarik?, *laiwazik? (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.
Noun
lark (plural larks)
- Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
- (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
- Synonyms: early bird, early riser
- Antonym: owl
Hyponyms
- (species in Alaudidae): woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To catch larks (type of bird).
References
- lark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alaudidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Alaudidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, either
- from a northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (around 1300, from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or
- a shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in speelvogel (“playbird, a person of markedly playful nature”).
Noun
lark (plural larks)
- A romp, frolic, some fun.
- A prank.
Synonyms
- whim, especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim
Derived terms
- on a lark
Related terms
- skylark (in verb sense "play")
Translations
Verb
lark (third-person singular simple present larks, present participle larking, simple past and past participle larked)
- To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Chapter 35,[3]
- […] the porter at the rail-road had seen a scuffle; or when he found it was likely to bring him in as a witness, then it might not have been a scuffle, only a little larking […]
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Chapter 35,[3]
- To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lark”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- Karl, Klar, Kral, klar
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caper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ke?p?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ke?p?/
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
- Hyphenation: ca?per
Etymology 1
Clipping of capriole.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
Derived terms
- cut a caper
Related terms
- cab
- caprine
Translations
Verb
caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Dutch kaper.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kápparis).
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
Derived terms
- caperberry
Translations
Further reading
- caper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
Translations
Anagrams
- Pacer, crape, pacer, recap
French
Etymology
From English cap + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pe/
Verb
caper
- (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
- (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)
Conjugation
Indonesian
Etymology
From blend of cari (“seeking”) +? perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??ap?r]
- Hyphenation: ca?pêr
Adjective
capêr (plural caper-caper)
- (colloquial, acronym) attention-seeking.
Further reading
- “caper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.per/, [?käp?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.per/, [?k??p?r]
Noun
caper m (genitive capr?); second declension
- a male goat, billy goat
- Synonym: hircus
- vocative singular of caper
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Related terms
Descendants
References
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- caper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capere.
Verb
caper
- to seize
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
caper m
- indefinite plural of cape
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