kapten

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kapten

1. inflection of kappen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• knapte, pakten

Middle Low German kaptein.

• Rhymes: -en

kapten (genitive kapteni, partitive kaptenit)

1. captain (commander of sea-going vessel or airliner)
2. (military) captain
3. captain (athlete on sports team designated to make decisions)

From Dutch kapitein (“captain”), from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”). Cognate with Afrikaans kaptein.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaptɛn/ [ˈkap̚.t̪ɛn]
• Rhymes: -aptɛn
• Syllabification: kap‧ten

kaptèn (plural kapten-kapten)

1. captain:
   1. (military) an army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major
   2. (military) a naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore
   3. (aviation) the first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft
   4. the person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship

      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda

   5. the leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others)

      Synonym: ketua

   6. someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on

• → Hokkien: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)^[1]

• “kapten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (naval officer): kepten

From English captain, from Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of kapitan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛptən/ [ˈkɛp̚.t̪ən]

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• Rhymes: -tən, -ən
• Hyphenation: kap‧ten

kapten (Jawi spelling کڤتن, plural kapten-kapten)

1. A captain:
   1. (military) An army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major.
   2. (military) A naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore.
   3. (aviation) The first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft.
   4. The person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship.

      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda

   5. The leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others).

      Synonym: ketua

   6. Someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on.

• “kapten” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From English captain.

kapten

1. captain
2. leader
3. chief of a Maroon or Amerindian village

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kapten c

1. captain; the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
2. captain; a military rank
3. captain; the athlete of a sports team who speaks for the team with the referee

• aj aj, kapten
• kaptensgrad
• fartygskapten

• → Finnish: kapteeni

• kapten in Svensk ordbok.

• pakten