caporal
English
Etymology 1
From French caporal.
Noun
caporal (uncountable)
- A type of shag tobacco.
Etymology 2
From Spanish caporal.
Noun
caporal (plural caporals)
- (Latin America) A foreman or overseer.
Anagrams
- crapola
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kə.poˈɾal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kə.puˈɾal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.poˈɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
caporal m (plural caporals)
- (military) corporal
Further reading
- “caporal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “caporal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “caporal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “caporal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Italian caporale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pɔ.ʁal/
Audio (file)
Noun
caporal m (plural caporaux, feminine caporale)
- (military) corporal
- caporal (tobacco)
Further reading
- “caporal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
caporal m (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of caporale
Romanian
Etymology
From French caporal.
Noun
caporal m (plural caporali)
- corporal
Declension
Declension of caporal
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) caporal | caporalul | (niște) caporali | caporalii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) caporal | caporalului | (unor) caporali | caporalilor |
| vocative | caporalule | caporalilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
From Italian caporale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapoˈɾal/ [ka.poˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ca‧po‧ral
Noun
caporal m (plural caporales)
- corporal
- foreman
Further reading
- “caporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014