capuche
French, noun/ka.pyʃ/
capuche is spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capuche is a French feminine noun meaning “hood (headwear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de vêtement jouant le rôle d'un chapeau en protégeant la tête de celui ou celle qui le porte”.
What does capuche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehood (headwear)
- 2
femininehoodie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de vêtement jouant le rôle d'un chapeau en protégeant la tête de celui ou celle qui le porte.
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 capuche
- capuches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capuche?
- /ka.pyʃ/
- \ka.pyʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capuche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capuche in French?
capuche appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).