capet

1. 1.

   King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)

   SynonymsHugh Capet

   BroaderKing of France

Other forms of capet

plural

capets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capet

What does capet mean?

capet means "King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)".

How many syllables are in capet?

capet has 2 syllables: ca-pet. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for capet?

Close synonyms include Hugh Capet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capet a common word?

capet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.