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capon
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ca·pon  (kpn, -pn)
n.
A male chicken castrated when young to improve the quality of its flesh for food.
[Middle English capoun, from Old English capn and from Old French capon, both from Latin cp, cpn-.]
capon [ˈkeɪpən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a castrated cock fowl fattened for eating
[Old English capun, from Latin cāpō capon; related to Greek koptein to cut off]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.capon - flesh of a castrated male chicken
chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
2.capon - castrated male chicken
Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
Translations
capon [ˈkeɪpən] N → capón m
capon [ˈkeɪpən] n → chapon m
capon
n → Kapaun m
capon [ˈkeɪpən] n → cappone m
capon [ˈkeɪpən] n → cappone m


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Then, too, there are annoying solecisms and feeble translations: "Concerns" is a lame rendering of the German word sorge (sorrow, pain) in Pius XI's poignant encyclical against Nazism: Mitt Brennender Sorge; while "comments" is a no less caponized translation of the Latin animadversiones.
Pope John Paul II: The Biography by Englund, Steven / Commonweal
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