caput
The headThe head.
» Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesThe head.
A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
The top or superior part of a thing.
(UK)The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
- a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
Examples
22 sentencesBermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.
Finland has the most saunas per capita.
ruВ Финляндии наибольшее количество саун на душу населения. — Wezel
Please remove your caput from your rectum.
Bangladesh is a developing country with a low per capita income.
Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita in the world.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, aLearned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.
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Forms
plural: caputs / capitaSynonyms
1 synonyms- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains:head
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.