caprice
English
/kəˈpɹis/
noun
Definitions
- An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
- An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
- A disposition to be impulsive.
- (music) A capriccio.
Etymology
Borrowed from French caprice derived from Italian capriccio (caprice, repugnance, horror, sudden start motion) derived from Latin caput (head, etc, source), ēricius (hedgehog) derived from Italian capro (goat).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
capro
Gloss
goat
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- a capriccio English
- capite English
- capriccio English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- ericius English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- caper, caprum Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- ērīciōnem, *ērīciō, *ericio Latin
- Kap German
- capa Italian
- capo Italian
- caporale Italian
- capretto Italian
- capriccio Italian
- capriccioso Italian
- capro Italian
- riccio Italian
- semicapro Italian
- capote French
- caprice French
- chef French
- каприз Russian
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- capricho Spanish, Castilian
- caprichoso Spanish, Castilian
- erizo Spanish, Castilian
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰḗr Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- capricho Portuguese
- caput Portuguese
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chief Old French
- kapriĉo Esperanto
- caprici Catalan, Valencian
- capritx Catalan, Valencian
- arici Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kapritso Cebuano
- kapritso Tagalog
- iriq Albanian
- uriq Albanian
- *ouriço Old Portuguese
- ouriço Old Portuguese
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- riç Friulian
- capa Sicilian
- rizzu Sicilian
- capitolie xno
- capa Tarantino