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kepi

/ˈkɛpi/

kepi noun: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.

kepi: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms
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Noun

kepi (plural kepis)

  1. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
    • 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.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    • 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.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88

kepi meaning in Urdu and Persian

kepi in Urdu

چپٹی ٹوپی

kepi in Persian

cap with a flat circular top
کپی kepi

Forms of kepi

pluralkepis
alternative formképi

Origin of kepi

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.

Words that rhyme with kepi

Questions about kepi

What does kepi mean?
Kepi means a cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
What is kepi in Urdu?
Kepi in Urdu is چپٹی ٹوپی. See Kepi meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is kepi?
Kepi is a noun.
How do you pronounce kepi?
Kepi is pronounced /ˈkɛpi/.
What is the plural of kepi?
The plural of kepi is kepis.

Words near kepi in the dictionary

  1. Kephart
  2. Kepharts
  3. kephir
  4. kephirs
  5. Kephissia
  6. kepi
  7. keping
  8. kepis
  9. Kepka
  10. Kepler
  11. Kepler shear

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kepi (page history and authors); kepi (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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