décapoter
French, verb/de.ka.pɔ.te/
décapoter is spelled D-É-C-A-P-O-T-E-R (9 letters). Décapoter is a French verb meaning “to put down the soft top / hood of a convertible (car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlever la capote de”.
What does décapoter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put down the soft top / hood of a convertible (car)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enlever la capote de.
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 décapoter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- décapotant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- décapoté participle past
- décapote first-person indicative present
- décapotes indicative present second-person
- décapotons first-person indicative plural
- décapotez indicative plural present
- décapotent indicative plural present
- décapotais first-person imperfect indicative
- décapotait imperfect indicative singular
- décapotions first-person imperfect indicative
- décapotiez imperfect indicative plural
- décapotaient imperfect indicative plural
- décapotai first-person historic indicative
- décapotas historic indicative past
- décapota historic indicative past
- décapotâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décapoter?
- /de.ka.pɔ.te/
- \de.ka.pɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.