capel

See also: Capel, Capel., and capèl

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)

Etymology 2

Noun

capel (uncountable)

  1. (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Etymology 3

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. Alternative form of kappal (ship).

Anagrams

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish café.

Noun

capel

  1. coffee

Derived terms

  • capelpoot́i

References

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12

Norman

Etymology

From Old French capel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ.pe(l)/

Noun

capel m (plural capiaux)

  1. hat

Paiwan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *Capəl (a patch; to patch).

Verb

capel

  1. to patch; to mend
    Aicu a vuljavan capel tua pariuk.
    This piece of copper is used to mend the pot.

Derived terms

  • cemapel
  • cinapel
  • sinipacapel

References

  • capel”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of Latin cappa (cloak, cape).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapɛl/

Noun

capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)

  1. chapel
  2. nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of capel
radical soft nasal aspirate
capel gapel nghapel chapel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies