kapsel

• Rhymes: -apsəl

kapsel

1. (pharmacy) capsule

• (pharmacy): pille, tablet

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑp.səl/

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• Hyphenation: kap‧sel

From kappen +‎ -sel.

kapsel n (plural kapsels, diminutive kapseltje n)

1. haircut, hairstyle, hairdo
2. (archaic) headdress, headwear (in particular for women)

From Latin capsula, probably via German Kapsel. Doublet of capsule.

kapsel n (plural kapsels, diminutive kapseltje n)

1. (physiology) capsule (enveloping membrane)

• eikapsel
• eiwitkapsel
• gewrichtskapsel
• sporenkapsel

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kapsel

1. inflection of kapseln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

From Latin capsula, via German Kapsel.

kapsel m (definite singular kapselen, indefinite plural kapsler, definite plural kapslene)

1. a capsule

• “kapsel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin capsula, via German Kapsel.

kapsel m (definite singular kapselen, indefinite plural kapslar, definite plural kapslane)

1. a capsule

• “kapsel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sɛl/

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• Rhymes: -apsɛl
• Syllabification: kap‧sel

Borrowed from German Kapsel, from Late Middle High German kapsel, from Latin capsula, from capsa, from capiō. Doublet of kapsuła.

kapsel m inan (diminutive kapselek)

1. bottle cap, bottle top, crown cap, crown cork
2. blasting cap (small explosive charge designed to detonate a larger secondary charge)

   Synonym: kapiszon

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kapsel f

1. genitive plural of kapsla

• kapsel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kapsel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin capsula. Doublet of chassi, kapsyl, and kassa.

kapsel c

1. capsule, pod

• kapsla

• kapsel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kapsel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kapsel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kapsel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)