kepi

See also: képi

English

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Etymology

From French képi, from Switzerland German Käppi, diminutive of Kappe, from Middle High German kappe, from Old High German kappa, from Latin cappa. Akin to English cap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛpi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpi

Noun

kepi (plural kepis)

  1. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
    • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      Appleby […] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
    • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
      Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.

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Estonian

Noun

kepi

  1. genitive singular of kepp

Spanish

Noun

kepi m (plural kepis)

  1. kepi
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