different between yapon vs capon

English

Noun

yapon (plural yapons)

1. (now less common than "yaupon") Alternative form of yaupon

Aukan

Etymology

From Dutch japon.

Noun

yapon

1. robe (clothing)

References

• Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL)

Sambali

Adjective

yapón

1. first

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch japon.

Noun

yapon

1. dress

English

Etymology

From Middle English capoun; partly from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon) and partly from Old English cap?n, both from Latin capo, caponem (Vulgar Latin *cappo), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?n/

Noun

capon (plural capons)

1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 2

     [...] You cannot feed capons so.

Translations

Verb

capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed)

1. (transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.

Anagrams

• Ponca, capno-, no cap, pocan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.p??/

Adjective

capon (feminine singular caponne, masculine plural capons, feminine plural caponnes)

1. (derogatory) cowardly

Noun

capon m (plural capons)

1. (derogatory) coward

Synonyms

• couard
• lâche
• poltron

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

capon

1. Alternative form of capoun

Venetian

Alternative forms

• capón

Etymology

See capón.

Noun

capon m (plural caponi) or capon m (plural capuni)

1. capon

Related terms

• caponar