Meaning

5 senses
  1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

    Laune

    капри́зkapríz

  2. A brief romance.

  3. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

  4. A disposition to be impulsive.

    своенравиеsvojenravije

  5. A capriccio.

More definitions
  • a sudden desire

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I can't keep up with your caprices.

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  2. It was simply caprice that led them to shoplift.

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  3. The whole country was subject to the caprices of a madman.

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  4. I'm not sure whether this is some new caprice or a permanent commitment.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action:
disposition to be impulsive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action:

Origin

Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden sta

Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.

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Forms

plural: caprices
Singularcaprice
Pluralcaprices

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcapricious

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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