Meanings
nounkapota (plural kapotas)
plural kapotas
- JudaismA long black coat worn on certain occasions by members of the Chabad movement.
They also wear large-brimmed black felt fedoras, and for all religious occasions a kapota, a knee-length double-breasted silk coat.)
1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 19 May 2011
Origin
- Frenchcapote“greatcoat”
- Hebrewקָפּוֹטָה
- Englishkapota
Borrowed from Hebrew קָפּוֹטָה, derived from French capote (“greatcoat”).
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APA
kapota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kapota
MLA
“kapota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kapota. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kapota,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kapota.
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