capuce
French, noun/ka.pys/
capuce is spelled C-A-P-U-C-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capuce is a French masculine noun meaning “hood (headgear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capuchon en pointe dont se servent certains ordres religieux tels les capucins”.
What does capuce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarehood (headgear)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capuchon en pointe dont se servent certains ordres religieux tels les capucins 2. Un des trois éléments de la garde de certaines épées et certains sabres, avec la poignée et le pommeau.
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 capuce
- capuces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capuce?
- /ka.pys/
- \ka.pys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capuce in French?
capuce appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).