capellán
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapeˈʝan/ [ka.peˈʝãn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kapeˈʎan/ [ka.peˈʎãn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kapeˈʃan/ [ka.peˈʃãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kapeˈʒan/ [ka.peˈʒãn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ca‧pe‧llán
Noun
capellán m (plural capellanes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “capellán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024