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Plural of cape

regular plural

The plural of cape is capes.

Forms of cape

Singularcape /keɪp/
Pluralcapes /keɪps/
Countablecountable

Capes in a sentence

  • Rows and rows of booths and pavilions stretch across the floor, draped with glowing holograms and shifting signs beckoning capes to try their wares.2017, April Daniels, Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One, Diversion Books, →ISBN
  • The ship capes southwest by south.
  • Not all heroes wear capes, but most of them file FOIA requests.2026 July 12, u/Vegetable-Phone-1743, r/law (Reddit post), archived from the original on 14 Jul 2026. From the entry FOIA
  • Rather than build new homes, weekenders are renovating existing homes, with saltboxes and capes predominant.2007 March 9, Wendy Knight, “A Town That’s Still Down to Earth in a Highflying Ski Region”, in New York Times. From the entry saltbox
  • If ye must be wimpleless, be provided with warm capes, and black veils over them.1948, Roger Sherman Loomis, Rudolph Willard, transl., Medieval English Verse and Prose in Modernized Versions, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry wimpleless

Meaning of cape

  1. noun A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
  2. noun A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
  3. noun A superhero.

Full definition of cape

Questions about the plural of cape

What is the plural of cape?
The plural of cape is capes.
Is cape countable?
Cape is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cape (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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