Phrygian cap
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Phrygian cap
- /ˌfrɪd͡ʒɪən ˈkæp/ UK
- /ˌfrɪd͡ʒiən ˈkæp/ US
Rhymes with -æp
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From Phrygian (“of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture”) + cap. Sense 2 (“congenital abnormality of the gall bladder”) is a calque of German phrygische Mütze, coined by J. Bartel in 1916 and popularized by Edward A. Boyden.
noun Phrygian caps
- A soft, close-fitting conical cap with the top bent forward, represented in Greek and Roman art as worn by ancient Phrygians, and later associated with the Roman liberty cap. A Phrygian Priapus of Elegant VVorkmanſhip: The Phrygian Cap pointed and hanging dovvn behind, as our Caps in Diſhabille are novv vvorn.
- A congenital abnormality of the gall bladder with no pathological significance, caused by a folding at the distal part of the fundus. The phrygian cap or folded-fundus gallbladder is a relatively frequent variation in the shape of the gallbladder, which appears as a persistent notch on radiographic contrast study. […] The phrygian cap does not appear to be the result or the cause of disease, and is considered to be of no clinical
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noun soft, close-fitting conical cap with the top bent forward
| Español | gorro frigio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 프리기아 모자 Peurigia moja |
| 日本語 | フリジア帽 Furijia-bō |
| 中文 | 弗裡吉亞無邊便帽 /弗里吉亚无边便帽 Fúlǐjíyà wúbiān biànmào, 自由之帽 zìyóu zhīmào |
| Português | barrete frígio, barrete da liberdade |
| Français | bonnet phrygien |
| Deutsch | phrygische Mütze, skythische Mütze |
| Italiano | berretto frigio, cappello frigio, berretto di Frigia, papalina |
| Ελληνικά | Φρυγικός σκούφος Frygikós skoúfos |
| Română | bonetă frigiană |
| Русский | фриги́йский колпа́к frigíjskij kolpák, фраки́йский колпа́к frakíjskij kolpák |
| العربية | قُبَّعَة فْرِيجِيَة |
| עברית | מִצְנֶפֶת פְרִיגִיָּת mitznefét frigíyat |
noun congenital abnormality of the gall bladder caused by a folding at the distal part of the fundus
| Deutsch | phrygische Mütze |
|---|---|
| العربية | قلنسوة فريجية |
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title = {Phrygian cap},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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