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語源

Inherited from 古期英語 capūn, from Old Northern French capon, from Latin capo (Late Latin *cappo).

Forms with /t͡ʃ-/ are readjusted after central Old French chapon.

発音

• IPA: /kaˈpuːn/, /ˈkapun/, /ˈkapən/, /t͡ʃ-/
• IPA: /ˈkaːpun/, /ˈkaːpən/, /t͡ʃ-/ (possibly with early stress shift allowing open-syllable lengthening)

名詞

capoun (plural capouns)

1. A capon; a cooked, castrated cockerel.
2. (rare) A eunuch; a castrated human.

派生した語

• English: capon
• Middle Scots: capon, capoun

参照

• “cāpǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.