kapell

From Medieval Latin cappella, and Old Norse kapella f.

kapell n (definite singular kapellet, indefinite plural kapell or kapeller, definite plural kapella or kapellene)

1. a chapel

• “kapell” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Medieval Latin cappella, and Old Norse kapella f.

kapell n (definite singular kapellet, indefinite plural kapell, definite plural kapella)

1. a chapel

• “kapell” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella.

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kapell n

1. a chapel (place of worship)
2. a small orchestra
4. a cover; a canopy (for a boat, sail, or the like)

Of boat covers used while on the water as well as other boat covers in (sense 3).

• (chapel): begravningskapell, gravkapell, kapellkrans, sidokapell, slottskapell
• (orchestra): danskapell, hovkapell, jazzkapell, kapellmästare, musikkapell, zigenarkapell
• (covering): båtkapell

• → Finnish: kappeli

• presenning (“tarpaulin, tarp”)

• kapell in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kapell in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)