capon
pronunciation
How to pronounce capon in British English:
UK [ˈkeɪpɒn; ˈkeɪpən]
How to pronounce capon in American English:
US [ ˈkeɪpɑːn]
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- Noun:
- flesh of a castrated male chicken
- castrated male chicken
Word Origin
- capon
- capon: [OE] Capon, a ‘castrated male chicken’, is probably literally a ‘cut cockerel’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman capun from Latin capō, which is probably ultimately derived from a word for ‘cut’ – Greek kóptein, for example – the underlying reference of course being to the cutting off of the unfortunate bird’s testicles.
- capon (n.)
- "a castrated cock," late Old English capun, from Latin caponem (nominative capo) "castrated cock" (also source of French chapon, Spanish capon, Italian cappone), perhaps literally "to strike off," from PIE root *(s)kep- "to cut" (see hatchet (n.)). Probably reinforced in Middle English by cognate Old North French capon.
Example
- 1. In fair round belly with good capon lined .
- 2. Convert a cock into a capon .
- 3. She doesn 't like ham . I made her a capon .
- 4. The capon burns , and the pig falls from the spit , and the meal will be all cold if you do not come home
- 5. That same year in taiwan , mr capon saw sculptures from private collections at a show in the national palace museum , taipei .