capel
See also: Capel, Capel., and capèl
English
Alternative forms
- caple
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪpəl
Etymology 1
From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.
Noun
capel (plural capels)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)
Noun
capel (uncountable)
- (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
Noun
capel (plural capels)
- Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)
Anagrams
- Caple, Place, caple, clape, place
Highland Popoluca
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish café.
Noun
capel
- coffee
Derived terms
- capelpoot́i
References
- Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41) (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkapɛl/
Noun
capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)
- chapel
- nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel
Synonyms
- betws
Derived terms
- Capel Curig
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| capel | gapel | nghapel | chapel |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies