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skullcap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈskʌlkæp/

Etymology

Etymology tree English skull substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English skullcap From skull + cap.

Meanings

1. A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
   • He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 285:
   • “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement. 2019 May 28, Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
   • The French government in 2004 banned “conspicuous” religious symbols including Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses from French schools. 2022 June 21, Joseph Ataman, Tara Subramaniam, “French court confirms ban on ‘burkinis’ in city’s swimming pools”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2023:
2. A yarmulke-like hat.
3. The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
4. Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
5. (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.

Forms

Deriveds

baical skullcap · mad-dog skullcap · skullcapped

Relateds

yarmulka · yarmulke · kippah · zucchetto

Synonyms

kippah (yarmulke)

Translations (53)

ru ермо́лка (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ru кипа́ (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · hu kipa (hat) · de Schädeldecke (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fi kipa (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fr calotte (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fi vuohennokka (flowering plant) · hu sábeszdekli (hat) · ga bairéad cúil (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · yi יאַרמלקע (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ar كِبَّة (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · bg кипа (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · af skedelmus (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · bg тюбетейка (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · af helmkruid (flowering plant) · el σκούφος (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · es kipá (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · pl jarmułka (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ja キッパー (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · vo kalut (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ga cochall (flowering plant) · de Scheitelkäppchen (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · hu fejfedő (hat) · hy թասակ (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · cs kipa (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · pl tarczyca (flowering plant) · tk derlik (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ro gura-lupului (flowering plant) · hu sapka (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · pt solidéu (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ota طرپوش (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · af skedelmus (hat) · ru скуфья́ (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · de Kippa (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · cy cap corun (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fi patalakki (hat) · nl kalotje (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fr scutellaire (flowering plant) · hu fejfedő (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · cmn 卡巴 (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · hu jarmulke (hat) · pt perilômia (flowering plant) · ja キッパ (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · it kippah (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fr calotte (hat) · de Helmkraut (flowering plant) · bg превара (flowering plant) · pt quipá (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · el σκούφος (hat) · af kippa (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · he כִּפָּה (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · ca quipà (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) · fr kippa (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck)