capela
See also: capelă, capelã, and capeła
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpɛla̝/
Noun
capela f (plural capelas)
- (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
- fleece of a sheep
- layer
- eyelid
- cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
- hood
- Synonym: muradá
Derived terms
- A Capela
Related terms
- capa
References
- “capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “capela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “capela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “capela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
capela
Alternative forms
- capella (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese capela (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈpɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la
Noun
capela f (plural capelas)
- (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
- (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)
Synonyms
- (chapel): ermida
Related terms
- capa
- capelão
Spanish
Noun
capela
- Only used in a capela
Venetian
Alternative forms
- capeła
Etymology
See capeła. Compare Italian cappella
Noun
capela f (plural capele)
- error, mistake
- head (of a nail)
- glans penis