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kapota

kapota noun: a long black coat worn on certain occasions by members of the Chabad movement.

Noun

kapota (plural kapotas)

  1. (Judaism) A long black coat worn on certain occasions by members of the Chabad movement.
    • They also wear large-brimmed black felt fedoras, and for all religious occasions a kapota, a knee-length double-breasted silk coat.)1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 19 May 2011

Forms of kapota

pluralkapotas

Origin of kapota

Borrowed from Hebrew קָפּוֹטָה, derived from French capote (“greatcoat”).

Questions about kapota

What does kapota mean?
Kapota means a long black coat worn on certain occasions by members of the Chabad movement.
What part of speech is kapota?
Kapota is a noun.
What is the plural of kapota?
The plural of kapota is kapotas.

Words near kapota in the dictionary

  1. kaposiform
  2. kaposin
  3. kaposins
  4. Kaposis
  5. Kaposvár
  6. kapota
  7. kapotas
  8. kapotasana
  9. kapow
  10. kapows
  11. kapp

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