# kapok
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkeɪpɒk/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkeɪˌpɑk/
* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈkɑːpəʊk/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ]
* Rhymes: (General American) -eɪpɑk
* Hyphenation: ka‧pok

### Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)
* A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.
    Synonym: mumian
** 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 492:The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.
** 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 39:You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.
** 2014 [1993], Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, page 15:A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.
* A silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).
    Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian
* A cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).
    Synonym: kapok tree

#### Alternative forms

* capoc, kapoc

#### Derived terms

* kapok bush
* kapok tree

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Compare “kapok, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2018; “kapok, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* Ceiba pentandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Bombax ceiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* kapok (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ceiba pentandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Bombax ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Ceiba pentandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Bombax ceiba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* Kopka

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧pok

### Noun

kapok
* (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
* (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

## French
### Noun

kapok m (plural kapoks)
* kapok

### Further reading

* “kapok”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

kap +‎ -ok

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒpok]
* Hyphenation: ka‧pok

### Verb

kapok
* first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap

#### Derived terms

* adok-kapok

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English kapok, French kapok, German Kapok, ultimately from Malay kapuk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apɔk
* Syllabification: ka‧pok
* Homophone: Kapok

### Noun

kapok m inan (related adjective kapokowy)
* kapok (silky fiber obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.)
* life jacket (article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water)
    Synonyms: kamizelka ratunkowa, pas ratunkowy

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kapok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kapok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kapok in PWN's encyclopedia

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkapok/ [ˈkaː.pok̚]
* Rhymes: -apok
* Syllabification: ka‧pok

### Noun

kapok (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜃ᜔)
* kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
    Synonyms: bulak, bulak-kahoy, bulak-sina, buboy
* the silky fibre obtained from the seed pods of this tree