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- [kuh-poht; French ka-pawt]
- /kəˈpoʊt; French kaˈpɔt/
- /kəˈpot/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-poht; French ka-pawt]
- /kəˈpoʊt; French kaˈpɔt/
Definitions of capote word
- noun capote a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood 3
- noun capote Truman. 1924–84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder 3
- noun capote Truman1924-84; U.S. writer 3
- noun capote a long cloak, usually with a hood 3
- noun plural capote a long cloak with a hood. 1
- noun plural capote a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period. 1
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Origin of capote
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
1790-1800, Americanism; < French, equivalent to cape (< Spanish capa cape1) + -ote, feminine of -ot diminutive suffix
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Parts of speech for Capote
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
capote popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
capote usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for capote
noun capote
- mantle — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- shawl — a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
- cope — If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
- cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- wrapper — a person or thing that wraps.
Antonyms for capote
noun capote
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
Top questions with capote
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See also
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