caput

Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
  2. noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.

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