caper

Meaning

he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)

Concepts

goat

🐐

he-goat

billy goat

chin beard

goatee

jackalope

Synonyms

hircus

capra

haedus

Translations

bouc

bode

bok

τράγος

capra

🐐

chivo

🐐

Bock

κατσίκα

Ziege

🐐

بزن

chèvre

🐐

Geiß

🐐

γίδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈka.pɛr]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “boar”), Proto-Germanic *hafraz (“he-goat”), and Proto-Iranian *káfrah (“young goat, kid”).