caper

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Shortening of capriole.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

  1. A playful leap or jump.
  2. A jump while dancing.
  3. A prank or practical joke.
  4. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
  5. A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
Derived terms
Translations
crime — see crime

Verb

caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)

  1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
  2. To jump as part of a dance.
  3. To engage in playful behaviour.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Dutch kaper.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

  1. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Translations
Dutch vessel — see privateer

Etymology 3

From Latin capparis.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

  1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
  2. A plant of the genus Capparis.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

Etymology 4

Shortening of capercaillie.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

  1. (Scotland) The capercaillie.
Translations
capercaillie — see capercaillie

Anagrams

French

Etymology

English cap

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.pe/

Verb

caper

  1. (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
  2. (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)

Conjugation
Conjugation of caper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle capant
/ka.pɑ̃/
past participle capé
/ka.pe/
infinitive
simple caper
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple capant
/ka.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cape
/kap/		 capes
/kap/		 cape
/kap/		 capons
/ka.pɔ̃/		 capez
/ka.pe/		 capent
/kap/
imperfect capais
/ka.pɛ/		 capais
/ka.pɛ/		 capait
/ka.pɛ/		 capions
/ka.pjɔ̃/		 capiez
/ka.pje/		 capaient
/ka.pɛ/
past historic2 capai
/ka.pe/		 capas
/ka.pa/		 capa
/ka.pa/		 capâmes
/ka.pam/		 capâtes
/ka.pat/		 capèrent
/ka.pɛʁ/
future caperai
/ka.pʁe/		 caperas
/ka.pʁa/		 capera
/ka.pʁa/		 caperons
/ka.pʁɔ̃/		 caperez
/ka.pʁe/		 caperont
/ka.pʁɔ̃/
conditional caperais
/ka.pʁɛ/		 caperais
/ka.pʁɛ/		 caperait
/ka.pʁɛ/		 caperions
/ka.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 caperiez
/ka.pə.ʁje/		 caperaient
/ka.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cape
/kap/		 capes
/kap/		 cape
/kap/		 capions
/ka.pjɔ̃/		 capiez
/ka.pje/		 capent
/kap/
imperfect2 capasse
/ka.pas/		 capasses
/ka.pas/		 capât
/ka.pa/		 capassions
/ka.pa.sjɔ̃/		 capassiez
/ka.pa.sje/		 capassent
/ka.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cape
/kap/		 — capons
/ka.pɔ̃/		 capez
/ka.pe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”); see also Old Norse hafr (“he-goat”), Old English hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.per/, [ˈka.pɛr]

Noun

caper m (genitive caprī); second declension

  1. a male goat
  2. vocative singular of caper

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caper caprī
Genitive caprī caprōrum
Dative caprō caprīs
Accusative caprum caprōs
Ablative caprō caprīs
Vocative caper caprī

Synonyms

Derived 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, present active infinitive of capiō.

Verb

caper

  1. to seize

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of caper
simple compound
infinitive caper avoir capé
gerund en capant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle capant
past participle capé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present cape capes cape capons capez capent
imperfect capois, capoys capois, capoys capoit, capoyt capions, capyons capiez, capyez capoient, capoyent
past historic capa capas capa capasmes capastes caperent
future caperai, caperay caperas capera caperons caperez caperont
conditional caperois, caperoys caperois, caperoys caperoit, caperoyt caperions, caperyons caperiez, caperyez caperoient, caperoyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present cape capes cape capons capez capent
imperfect capasse capasses capast capassions capassiez capassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— cape — capons capez —

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

caper m

  1. indefinite plural of cape
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