Meanings
noun
- A cap, usually brightly colored with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans sotskap, narrekap
- sotskapcap with bells and tassels
- narrekapcap with bells and tassels
Chinese Mandarin 小丑帽
- 小丑帽 (xiǎochǒumào)cap with bells and tassels
Dutch zotskap, narrenkap
- zotskapcap with bells and tassels
- narrenkapcap with bells and tassels
Finnish narrinhattu
- narrinhattucap with bells and tassels
French bonnet de fou, bonnet de bouffon
- bonnet de foucap with bells and tassels
- bonnet de bouffoncap with bells and tassels
German Narrenkappe
- Narrenkappecap with bells and tassels
Italian berretto a sonagli, berretto da giullare
- berretto a sonaglicap with bells and tassels
- berretto da giullarecap with bells and tassels
Norwegian Bokmål narrelue, narrehette
- narreluecap with bells and tassels
- narrehettecap with bells and tassels
Polish czapka błazna
- czapka błaznacap with bells and tassels
Portuguese carapuça com guizos
- carapuça com guizoscap with bells and tassels
Russian шутовско́й колпа́к, дура́цки́й колпа́к
- шутовско́й колпа́к (šutovskój kolpák)cap with bells and tassels
- дура́цки́й колпа́к (duráckíj kolpák)cap with bells and tassels
Swedish narrmössa
- narrmössacap with bells and tassels
Cite this entry
APA
fool's cap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fool's%20cap
MLA
“fool's cap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fool's%20cap. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fool's cap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fool's%20cap.
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