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Definitions for capote
kəˈpoʊtcapote

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. capote, hooded coatnoun

    a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head

  2. capote, hooded cloaknoun

    a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head

Wiktionary

  1. capotenoun

    A long coat or cloak with a hood.

  2. capotenoun

    A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th century Canadian woodsmen.

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  1. capote

    A capote is a long, usually hooded cloak or overcoat. It originally referred to a type of cloak worn by French and Canadian voyageurs or trappers, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term is derived from the French word capot, which means hood.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Capotenoun

    a long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood

  2. Etymology: [Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See Cap.]

Wikidata

  1. Capote

    Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was based on Gerald Clarke's biography Capote. The movie was filmed mostly in Manitoba in the autumn of 2004. It was released September 30, 2005, to coincide with Truman Capote's 81st birthday.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Capote

    ka-pōt′, n. a long kind of cloak or mantle. [Fr., dim. of cape, a cloak.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. capote

    A good storm-coat with a hood, much worn in the Levant, and made of a special manufacture.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. capote

    A heavy coat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, and others.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAPOTE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Capote is ranked #16100 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Capote surname appeared 1,798 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Capote.

    88.9% or 1,600 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    9.6% or 173 total occurrences were White.
    0.6% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
    0.5% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for capote »

  1. PECOTA

  2. toecap

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of capote in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of capote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of capote in a Sentence

  1. Mary McCarthy:

    A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.

  2. Albert Maysles:

    We wanted to experiment in film the way Capote had experimented in literature.

  3. William Frank Buckley, Jr.:

    Well, we've only had a certain number of executions in the last few years- whatever it was- and two of them were for the personal convenience of Truman Capote.

  4. Joe Berlinger:

    It was not an easy decision on their part and they had to think long and hard about it, and I think some of them still feel ambivalent about participating… One of the results of… ‘In Cold Blood' is that we have a lot of sympathy for the killers, because of how Truman Capote told that story… not excusing them for what they did, but seeing them as three-dimensional human beings. ..[and] all of these films kind of celebrate the killers in a perverse way…. the family felt very violated by the experience. They felt violated by ‘In Cold Blood.’.

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