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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAP-A-PIE

From Old French.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAP-A-PIE

cap-a-pie  [ˌkæpəˈpiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAP-A-PIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cap-A-Pie is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CAP-A-PIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cap-a-pie in the English dictionary

The definition of cap-a-pie in the dictionary is from head to foot.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAP-A-PIE


AARP
ˌeɪeɪɑːˈpiː
AAUP
ˌeɪeɪjuːˈpiː
AHP
ˌeɪeɪtʃˈpiː
AVP
ˌeɪviːˈpiː
EDP
ˌiːdiːˈpiː
elpee
ɛlˈpiː
escapee
ɪˌskeɪˈpiː
LRCP
elɑːsiːˈpiː
LRP
ˌelɑːˈpiː
MRCP
ˌɛmɑːsiːˈpiː
NLP
ˌɛnɛlˈpiː
OHP
ˌəʊeɪtʃˈpiː
OUP
əʊjuːˈpiː
PFLP
ˌpiːɛfɛlˈpiː
rupee
ruːˈpiː
tippee
tɪˈpiː
trollopee
ˌtrɒləˈpiː
Tupi
tuːˈpiː
whoopee
wʊˈpiː
yippee
jɪˈpiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAP-A-PIE

cap
cap and bells
cap in hand
cap of maintenance
cap rock
cap screw
cap-and-trade
Cap-Haitien
cap.
Capa
capabilities
capability
Capablanca
capable
capableness
capably
capacious
capaciously
capaciousness
capacitance

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAP-A-PIE

apple pie
cheapie
cherry-pie
clippie
custard pie
cutie pie
deep-dish pie
eat humble pie
Gillespie
groupie
gympie
half-pie
hippie
humble pie
magpie
mince pie
pie
scrapie
sharpie
yuppie

Synonyms and antonyms of cap-a-pie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cap-a-pie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAP-A-PIE

Find out the translation of cap-a-pie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cap-a-pie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cap-a-pie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盖-A-馅饼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tapa -a -pie
570 millions of speakers

English

cap-a-pie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टोपी एक पाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سقف واحد في فطيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крышка -пирог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cap -a -pie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপাদমস্তক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cap- a-pie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cap-a-pie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cap-a -pie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キャップ·パイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캡파이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tutup-a-pie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ chân đến đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொப்பி ஒரு பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅप-ए-पाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baştan ayağa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cap - a- pie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cap- pie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кришка - пиріг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cap- o - plăcintă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cap -a - πίτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cap -´n- pie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cap - a -pie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cap- en - kake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cap-a-pie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAP-A-PIE»

The term «cap-a-pie» is regularly used and occupies the 73.590 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAP-A-PIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cap-a-pie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cap-a-pie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cap-a-pie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAP-A-PIE»

Discover the use of cap-a-pie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cap-a-pie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics ...
10s. ; a cap-a- pie suit, beautifully channelled and engraved, probably Italian, about 1530; this beautiful suit was sold, with five other lots, consisting of separate pieces of the same pattern, for 315/. ; a cap-a-pie suit of fluted armour, of globose  ...
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Annual Register
10*. ; a cap-a- pie suit, beautifully channelled and engraved, probably Italian, about 1530; this beautiful suit was sold, with five other lots, consisting of separate pieces of the same pattern, for 315/. ; a cap-a-pie suit of fluted armour, of globose  ...
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Annual Register
10s. ; a cap-a- pie suit, beautifully channelled and engraved, probably Italian, about 1 530 ; this beautiful suit was sold, with five other lots, consisting of separate pieces of the same pattern, for 315/. ; a cap-a-pie suit of fluted armour, of globose ...
Edmund Burke, 1856
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The Coursing Calendar for the spring season 1867, containing ...
Corporal beat Elastic by true running, the latter showing most speed when it suited her. Cap-a-pie reached the hare a shade in advance of Dandy, and was rather faster throughout. In the runup Dandy came in contact with a horse, which may ...
THE COURSING CALENDAR FOR THE SPRING SEASON 1867., 1867
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Maria Irene Fornes
The short, seemingly negligible shift from “And apple pie” to “Y apple pie” is precisely the gap of alienation that Cap-a-Pie sought to bridge. In its gentle, playful look at cultural identity, it captured both the pure joy of memory and the melancholy ...
Scott T. Cummings, 2013
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THE COURSING CALENDAR FOR THE AUTUM SEASON 1867
Just Coming beat Bloom I Slighted Idea beat Arkansas (1) Fanatic beat Cheap John (1) Cap-a-pie beat Clarissa. Action beat My Lady I III. Just Coming beat Fanatic I Cap-a-pie (a bye). Action beat Slighted Idea I Cap-a-Pie beat Just Coming (a ...
STONEBENGE, 1868
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A Synoptic Hamlet: a Critical-Synoptic Edition of the Second ...
Two nights together had these gentlemen, 388 Marcellus and Barnardo, on their watch 389 In the dead waste and middle of the night, 390 Been thus encountered : a figure like your father, 39l Armed at ,point. exactly cap-a-pie, 200 all points ...
Jesús Tronch, William Shakespeare, 2002
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The Campaign of 1346, Ending with the Battle of Crecy: An ...
A body of Men-at-arms, their Knight armed cap-a-pie; Armour Bearer with Standard ; Esquire in the centre. 3d. A body of Archers, their Captain dressed in green ; cap and white feathers. 4th. A body of Crossbowmen, with their Captain ; cap ...
Christopher Godmond, 1836
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
[cap a pie, Fr.] From head to * Cap a pie. } foot; all over.— A figure like your father, Arm'd at all points exactly, cap a pe, Appears before them, and, with solemn march, Goes flow and stately by them. Shakefp. Hamt. There for the two contending ...
10
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
There for the two contending knights he sent, Armed cap-a-pie, with reverence low they bent. Dryden. Fables. A woodlouse, That folds up itself in itself for a house, As round as a ball, without head, without tail, Inclosed cap-a-pe in a strong coat ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAP-A-PIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cap-a-pie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Academics get pen pals to spread word on research
Cap-a-Pie has previously worked with Paul Cowie, a research assistant in Newcastle's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
2
Cap-a-Pie wins £3000 award from Hertfordshire university
This year's money will be used by Cap-a-Pie to develop a new piece of theatre to coincide with a university research project on the First World ... «The Stage, May 15»
3
Audience at centre of play
The Town Meeting has been developed by local theatre company Cap-a-Pie in collaboration with Dr Paul Cowie, a researcher at the School of ... «New Post Leader, May 15»
4
Theatre meets research in a play with a difference
Cap-a-Pie, in collaboration with Dr Paul Cowie, of Newcastle University, present a new piece of theatre that places you at the centre of the ... «Northumberland Gazette, Apr 15»
5
Halt the clash of the grammar titans
... “A figure like your father, / Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pie, / Appears before them, and with solemn march / Goes slow and stately by them.”. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
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One man show portrays real-life story of Tyneside Irish family
So, his next step was to approach Cap-a-Pie theatre company – and they clearly agreed, with the end-result being the debut this week of a ... «The Journal, Nov 13»
7
Sunderland special summer school pupils come together to stage …
... an assistant head at Barbara Priestman Academy, which hosted the week, said they brought North East theatre company Cap-a-Pie on board ... «Sunderland Echo, Aug 13»
8
The age of rediscovery
Among the highlights are two composite etched north Italian cap-a-pie field armours, one – which previously belonged to William Randolph ... «Financial Times, Mar 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cap-A-Pie [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cap-a-pie>. Apr 2024 ».
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