caparazón
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish caparaçón (15th century), from Old Occitan capairon; or alternatively from the ancestor of Mistralian Provençal caparasso (“large cape with hood”) + -ón;[1] both ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kapaɾaˈθon/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈθõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kapaɾaˈson/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈsõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ra‧zón
Noun
[edit]caparazón m (plural caparazones)
- carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal)
- Synonym: carapacho
- caparison
- shell
- Synonym: concha
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “caparazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/on
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