CAPE


Meaning of CAPE in English

n. 1 a headland or promontory. 2 (the Cape) a the Cape of Good Hope. b the S. African province containing it. øCape Coloured adj. S.Afr. of the Coloured (see COLOURED 2) population of Cape Province. --n. a member of this population. Cape doctor S.Afr. colloq. a strong SE wind. Cape Dutch archaic Afrikaans. Cape gooseberry 1 an edible soft roundish yellow berry enclosed in a lantern-like husk. 2 the plant, Physalis peruviana, bearing these. [ME f. OF cap f. Prov. cap ult. f. L caput head]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.