clapon
Romanian
Alternative forms
- caplon, capon, capun, căpun — obsolete or archaic
- клапон (clapon) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kapłon, with metathesis, itself from German Kapaun, ultimately from Latin cāpō. Variants without the -l- from Greek καπόνι (kapóni) and partly South Slavic languages (cf. Serbo-Croatian kopun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klaˈpon/
Noun
clapon m (plural claponi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | clapon | claponul | claponi | claponii | |
| genitive-dative | clapon | claponului | claponi | claponilor | |
| vocative | claponule | claponilor | |||
Further reading
- “clapon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025