capitale
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pi.tal/
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Noun
capitale f (plural capitales)
- capital, capital city
- capital letter
Derived terms
Adjective
capitale
- feminine singular of capital
Further reading
- “capitale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.piˈta.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧le
Etymology 1
From Latin capitālis, derived from caput (“head”).
Adjective
capitale m or f (plural capitali)
- (relational) head
- primary, prime, chief, main, capital
- Synonyms: essenziale, fondamentale, primario, vitale
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun use of the above adjective.
Noun
capitale f (plural capitali)
- capital city, capital
- la Capitale ― the Capital (= Rome)
Noun
capitale m (plural capitali)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: kapitaal
- → Indonesian: kapital
- → German: Kapital, Capital (obsolete)
- → Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַל (kapital)
- → Piedmontese: capital
Further reading
- capitale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- capitale2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- capitale3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
A nominalised form from capitālis.
Noun
capitāle n (genitive capitālis); third declension
- (Late Latin) capital crime
- (Late Latin) pillow
- (Medieval Latin, finance) capital (money)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capitāle | capitālia |
| genitive | capitālis | capitālium |
| dative | capitālī | capitālibus |
| accusative | capitāle | capitālia |
| ablative | capitālī | capitālibus |
| vocative | capitāle | capitālia |
Adjective
capitāle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of capitālis
References
- “capitale”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "capitale", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kapiˈtale]
Noun
capitale f
- inflection of capitală:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular