capitular

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

capitular (plural capitulars)

1. an act passed in a chapter
2. a member of a chapter
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

     The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.

3. the head or prominent part

From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

capitular (not comparable)

1. (botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum

   the capitular process of a vertebra

2. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity‎^[1]:

     From the pope to the member of the capitular body.

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulāris. First attested in 1685.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.pi.tuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.pi.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

capitular m or f (masculine and feminine plural capitulars)

1. (relational, Christianity) (religious) chapter; capitular
2. (relational, botany) capitule, inflorescence; capitular

capitular m (plural capitulars)

1. (Christianity) capitular (member of a religious chapter)

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulārī. First attested in 1434.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.pi.tuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulí, past participle capitulat)

1. (intransitive) to surrender, to capitulate
2. (transitive) to divide into chapters

• capitulació

• “capitular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulei, past participle capitulado)

1. to capitulate, to surrender

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)

1. (relational) chapter (of an ecclesiastical body); capitular
2. (relational) capital, uppercase (of a letter)

capitular m or f by sense (plural capitulares)

1. member of an ecclesiastical chapter; capitular

capitular f (plural capitulares)

1. capital/uppercase letter, especially a drop cap

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)

1. head-shaped

Borrowed from French capitulaire.

capitular m or n (feminine singular capitulară, masculine plural capitulari, feminine and neuter plural capitulare)

1. capitular

• IPA^(key): /kapituˈlaɾ/ [ka.pi.t̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tu‧lar

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulé, past participle capitulado)

1. (intransitive) to capitulate, to surrender

   Synonym: rendirse

• “capitular”, 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