kapris

Borrowing from Swedish kapris, ultimately from Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpris/, [ˈkɑpris̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpris
• Syllabification^(key): kap‧ris

kapris

1. caper, caper bush (plant Capparis spinosa)

   Synonyms: kaprispensas, pyörökapris

2. caper, caperberry (fruit of that plant)

   Synonym: kaprismarja

• skrapi

Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio.

• IPA^(key): /kapriːs/

kapris c

1. (formal) caprice

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpris/

kapris c

1. caper (Capparis spinosa)

• kapris in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• piskar, spikar

From French caprice.

• IPA^(key): /kap.ɾis/

kapris (definite accusative kaprisi, plural kaprisler)

1. whim (fanciful impulse)

• kaprisli (“capricious”)