kapo

See also: Kapo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapo/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧po

Etymology 1

From Latin caput.

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

Etymology 2

Greek Alphabet
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From Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa, “the letter Κ”).

Noun

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

  1. kappa

Finnish

Alternative forms

Noun

kapo

  1. (music) capotasto, capo

Declension

Inflection of kapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kapo kapot
genitive kapon kapojen
partitive kapoa kapoja
illative kapoon kapoihin
singular plural
nominative kapo kapot
accusative nom. kapo kapot
gen. kapon
genitive kapon kapojen
partitive kapoa kapoja
inessive kapossa kapoissa
elative kaposta kapoista
illative kapoon kapoihin
adessive kapolla kapoilla
ablative kapolta kapoilta
allative kapolle kapoille
essive kapona kapoina
translative kapoksi kapoiksi
instructive — kapoin
abessive kapotta kapoitta
comitative — kapoineen

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.po/

Noun

kapo m (plural kapos)

  1. (historical) kapo

Further reading

Ido

Noun

kapo (plural kapi)

  1. head

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, from Italian capo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkapɔ]

Noun

kapo m or f

  1. (historical) (male or female) kapo
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