cape

Meaning

Noun

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Verb

1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
2. To head or point; to keep a course.
3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
4. (US, slang) To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
5. (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape.

Synonyms

cloak

headland

promontory

point

mantle

coat

🧥

ness

shawl

peninsula

poncho

foreland

spit

wrap

hood

pelerine

tippet

bonnet

head

reef

robe

skirt

smock

surcoat

tabard

naze

overskirt

acroterion

diaphragma

Bertha

mys

acroterium

bill

condom

cowl

dolman

dress

👗

elevation

geographical

mantel

mantelet

mountain peak

mull

nose

👃

overdress

pack

pelisse

prophylactic

Translations

cap

capa

Umhang

kaap

cabo

🔚

Kap

manto

mantel

Mantel

🧥

capo

capa

promontoire

capa

ακρωτήρι

cape

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cape

In summary

From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”).
Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth.
For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose, Bulgarian нос (nos) (the same PIE root). Also compare coast (<< Latin costa).

Sentences

Under Joseph Stalin the cape was known as Cape Molotov .