capote

Etymology

Borrowed from French capote.

Noun

capote (plural capotes)

1. A long coat or cloak with a hood.
2. (historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
   • 1888, Theodore Roosevelt, Frontier Types, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, October 1888.

     The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored capote, or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins.

Anagrams

• PECOTA, toecap

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin caput (“head”), with the diminutive French suffix -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pɔt/

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Noun

capote f (plural capotes)

1. greatcoat
2. (of a car) soft top
3. (slang) Ellipsis of capote anglaise (“condom”)

Verb

capote

1. first-person singular present indicative of capoter
2. third-person singular present indicative of capoter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of capoter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of capoter
5. second-person singular imperative of capoter

See also

• capot

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• écopât

Etymology

capo- +‎

Noun

capote f (invariable)

1. bonnet (British), hood (US) (of a car)
2. soft top

Noun

capote f (plural capotes)

1. condom

Etymology

Borrowed from French capote.

Noun

capote m (plural capotes)

1. cloak
2. (figuratively) disguise
3. (slang) condom

Verb

capote

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of capotar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of capotar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of capotar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of capotar

Etymology

Borrowed from French capot.

Noun

capote m (plural capotes)

1. cloak
2. (bullfighting) cape worn by bullfighters