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Definitions: Capricorn |
CapricornNoun1. A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius. 2. The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from December 22 to January 19. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Capricorn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, noun. [Latin expression capricornus; caper goat cornu horn: compare to the French expression capricorne.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Capricorn Called by Thomson, in his Winter, "the centaur archer." Anciently, the winter solstice occurred on the entry of the sun into Capricorn; but the stars, having advanced a whole sign to the east, the winter solstice now falls at the sun's entrance into Sagittarius (the centaur archer), so that the poet is strictly right, though we vulgarly retain the ancient classical manner of speaking. Capricornus is the tenth, or, strictly speaking, the eleventh sign of the zodiac. (Dec. 21-Jan. 20.) According to classic mythology, Capricorn was Pan, who, from fear of the great Typhon, changed himself into a goat, and was made by Jupiter one of the signs of the zodiac. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Religion & Philosophy | December 22-January 20(astrology); ca. November 20-ca. December 20(astronomy). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CapricornSynonyms: Capricon the Goat (n), Capricornus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Capricorn |
| English words defined with "Capricorn": Capricorn beetle, Cardinal signs ♦ South Temperate Zone ♦ Temperate Zone, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Capricorn, tropical zone, tropics. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Capricorn": tropical timber. (references) |
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Screenplays | I am a Capricorn and I can't miss. (Lord Love a Duck; writing credit: George Axelrod; Al Hine) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Five Against Capricorn (1972) Epilogue to Capricorn (1959) Under Capricorn (1949) Capricorn One (1978) | |
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| "Capricorn" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Capricorn" is used about 120 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 93.33% | 112 | 30,646 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.33% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.83% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 120 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Capricorn": Capricorn beetle ♦ tropic of capricorn. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Capricorn": capricorn-rising. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Capricorn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Steenbok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Bricjapi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | برج الجدي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тропик на козирога (tropic of capricorn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 山羊坐. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Kozoroh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Stenbukken (Goat/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Steenbok (Goat/the, ibex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Kaprikorno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نشانه دهم منطقه البروج , بزغاله (Goat, Kid, Yeanling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sankari (great capricorn beetle, hero), metsäkauris (deer, roe, roebuck, roe-deer, the Tropic of Capricorn), Kauriin kääntöpiiri (the Tropic of Capricorn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Capricorne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Steinbock (Goat/the, ibex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Αιγόκερωσ, Αιγόκερως (Goat/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ֲ"י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Baktérítõ (tropic of capricorn), Bak (buck, dickey, dickey-seat, dicky, horse, perch, trestle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | makara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | an Gabhar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Capricorno (Goat/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 山羊座 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | やぎざ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Goayr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | Kaprikornio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apricorncay Capricórnio (goat, Goat/the). (various references) Capricornul, Þapul. (various references) Козерог. (various references) jarac (billy goat, horse). (various references) Capricornio (Goat/the). (various references) Stenbocken. (various references) Oğlak Takımyıldızı, Oğlak Burcu (goat, tropic of capricorn). (various references) Козеріг. (various references) $the tropic of capricorn$ đông chí tuyến. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Capricornus. (various references) |
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"Capricorn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Capricorne, Capricorni, Capricorno, Caprimo, Ciprico. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Capricorn" (pronounced 'Cap"ri*corn'): Amelcorn, Avercorn, Barleycorn, Bescorn, Breadcorn, Cavicorn, Clavicorn, Lamellicorn, longicorn, Mangcorn, Metecorn, Mongcorn, Mungcorn, Outscorn, Palpicorn, Peppercorn, Pibcorn, Plenicorn, Plumicorn, Quadricorn, Taxicorn, Tubicorn, unicorn, Ward-corn. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-n-o-p-r-r" | |
-2 letters: acronic, carrion. | |
-3 letters: capric, cocain, picaro, rancor, ricrac. | |
-4 letters: acorn, apron, cairn, capon, carpi, circa, conic, copra, coria, croci, narco, naric, noria, orcin, orpin, panic, piano, prion, prior, racon. | |
-5 letters: airn, arco, cain, capo, carn, carp, carr, ciao, cion, coca, coin, coir, coni, corn, crap, croc, crop, icon, inro, iron, naoi, narc, nipa, noir. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-n-o-p-r-r" | |
+4 letters: chronographic, cochairperson, coconspirator, coparcenaries, nonreciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocation. | |
+5 letters: cochairpersons, coconspirators, nonreciprocals, parthenocarpic, reciprocations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 72 69 63 6F 72 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. .-. .. -.-. --- .-. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101111 01110010 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p r i c o r n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0072 0069 0063 006F 0072 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376782847569818480 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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