cappuccino

PIE word
*káput

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino (“cappuccino (coffee drink)”), from Viennese German Kapuziner (“Capuchin (member of an order of Roman Catholic friars)”) (due to the similarity of the dark brown colour of the beverage to that of the monastic habit;^[1] compare Franziskaner (“Franciscan”), a contemporary coffee drink with more milk and hence a lighter colour, similar to Franciscan monks’ light brown habits),^[2] and café noisette. Kapuziner was in turn borrowed from Italian cappuccino (“Capuchin”),^[3] from Italian cappuccio (“cowl, hood”) (from the hoods of Capuchin monks’ habits) + -ino (diminutive suffix); and cappuccio from cappa (“cowl, hood; cape, cloak; sleeveless coat”) (from Late Latin cappa (“cape; sleeveless coat”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”)) + -uccio (“diminutive suffix”). Doublet of Capuchin.

The plural form cappuccini is derived from Italian cappuccini.

• Singular:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpʊˈtʃiːnəʊ/, /-pə-/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpəˈt͡ʃinoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
  • Hyphenation: cap‧puc‧ci‧no
• Plural (cappuccini)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpʊˈtʃiːni/, /-pə-/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpəˈt͡ʃini/
  • Hyphenation: cap‧puc‧ci‧ni

cappuccino (countable and uncountable, plural cappuccinos or (less common) cappuccini)

1. (uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.
   • 1904, K[arl] Baedeker, Italy: Handbook for Travellers, 14th edition, 2nd part (Central Italy and Rome), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker; London: Dulau and Co., […], →OCLC, page xxi:

     Caffè latte (served only in the morning) is coffee mixed with milk; cappuccino, or small cup, cheaper; […]

   • 1962, Carlo Cassola, translated by Marguerite Waldman, Bébo’s Girl, London: Collins, →OCLC, page 50:

     “What will you have? A cappuccino? Two cappuccini,” […]

   • 1986, Jackie Collins, chapter 41, in Hollywood Husbands, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:

     The waiter kissed his fingertips. “We have the best ice cream,” he announced. “Made on the premises. We have vanilla, cherry, rum, banana, strawberry—” / Jack stopped him. “You’ve hooked me,” he said. “Bring a dish of banana.” / “With hot chocolate sauce?” / “The works.” / “Nuts?” / “Everything!” / “And two cappuccini?” / “I think I’ll live dangerously and have a plain coffee with Amaretto on the side,” Jade said.

   • 2016, Camilla Trinchieri, chapter 6, in Seeking Alice […], Albany, N.Y.: Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 126:

     Cesare brought over three cappuccini.

2. (countable, uncountable, proscribed) Any of various similar drinks.
   • 1948, Robert O’Brien, “Old Town”, in This is San Francisco, New York, N.Y., Toronto, Ont.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →OCLC, page 84:

     In fact, a step from the corner of Grant Avenue and Broadway is a café called “La Tosca.” Scenes from the opera are painted on the walls; [Enrico] Caruso sings from the juke box, and you drink a cappuccino, gray, like the robe of a capuchin monk, and made of chocolate that is laced with brandy or rum, and heated by steam forced through coffee.

     The color of the monks’ robes was misidentified as gray rather than dark brown.

3. (uncountable, also attributively) A medium- to dark-brown colour like that of the coffee drink (sense 1) or the habit of a Capuchin monk.

   cappuccino:  

   • 1928 September 29, “Tuttle & Clark [advertisement]”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 94, number 2, Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Free Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, columns 1–2:

     This Morning We Present The "Times Square"—a hat for gentlemen who appreciate the importance of correct attire. […] English Grey or Cappuccino Brown

• cap, capp

• caffè latte, latte

• Appendix:Colors

• cappuccino on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cappuccino (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino. Doublet of kapucijn.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑ.puˈtʃi.noː/, /ˌkɑ.pyˈtʃi.noː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cap‧puc‧ci‧no

cappuccino m (plural cappuccino's, diminutive cappuccinootje n)

1. cappuccino

• cappu
• havercappuccino

• cappuccino on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑputʃi(ː)no/, [ˈkɑ̝put̪ˌʃi(ː)no̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑputsi(ː)no/, [ˈkɑ̝putˌs̠i(ː)no̞]
• Rhymes: -ino

cappuccino

1. cappuccino (beverage and serving)

• “cappuccino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

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cappuccino m (plural cappuccinos)

1. cappuccino

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) +‎ -ino. The coffee gets its name from the color of the beverage, which is reminiscent of the color of monks' habits.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kap.putˈt͡ʃi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: cap‧puc‧cì‧no

cappuccino m (plural cappuccini)

1. Ellipsis of frate cappuccino. Capuchin (member of an order of Roman Catholic friars)
2. cappuccino

   Synonym: (informal) cappuccio

3. (slang) French letter, rubber johnny (condom)

cappuccino (feminine cappuccina, masculine plural cappuccini, feminine plural cappuccine)

1. Capuchin

   frate cappuccino ― a Capuchin [friar]

• cappuccino¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappuccino² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cappuccino (bevanda) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cappuccino.

• IPA^(key): /ka.puˈt͡ʂi.nɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: ca‧ppu‧cci‧no

cappuccino n (indeclinable)

1. cappuccino

cappuccino (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. having the taste or color of cappuccino

Indeclinable.

• cappuccino in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cappuccino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cappuccino.

cappuccino m (plural cappuccini or cappuccinos)

1. Alternative form of capuchino

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino or French cappuccino.

cappuccino n (plural cappuccino)

1. cappuccino

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cappuccino.

• IPA^(key): /kapuˈt͡ʃino/ [ka.puˈt͡ʃi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino

cappuccino m (plural cappuccinos)

1. cappuccino

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino.

cappuccino c

1. cappuccino