caponner
French, verb/ka.pɔ.ne/
caponner is spelled C-A-P-O-N-N-E-R (8 letters). Caponner is a French verb meaning “to act cowardly, be yellow, chicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agir en capon, se montrer lâche”.
What does caponner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act cowardly, be yellow, chicken
- 2
to cat (raise anchor to cathead)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agir en capon, se montrer lâche. 2. Hisser l’ancre à l’aide du capon. 3. Avoir peur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caponner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- caponnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- caponné participle past
- caponne first-person indicative present
- caponnes indicative present second-person
- caponnons first-person indicative plural
- caponnez indicative plural present
- caponnent indicative plural present
- caponnais first-person imperfect indicative
- caponnait imperfect indicative singular
- caponnions first-person imperfect indicative
- caponniez imperfect indicative plural
- caponnaient imperfect indicative plural
- caponnai first-person historic indicative
- caponnas historic indicative past
- caponna historic indicative past
- caponnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caponner?
- /ka.pɔ.ne/
- \ka.pɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.