calotte
Meanings
Noun
1. zucchetto (skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy)
2. kippah (Jewish cap)
3. calotte (religious skullcap) (Belgium)
4. cap worn by students of Belgian Catholic universities after the corona ceremony (a sort of hazing) (Belgium, university slang)
5. tap, knock on the head, buffet, smack, cuff (colloquial)
6. cap (of ice) (by extension)
Examples3
Il faudrait que je te mette une calotte.
I ought to slap you upside the head.
Les calottes polaires fondent.
The ice caps are melting.
Les calottes glaciaires sont en train de fondre.
The ice caps are melting.