capsule

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French capsule.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkæpsəl/

Noun

capsule (plural capsules)

1. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
2. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
3. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4-5

     The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.

4. A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.
5. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
6. (dialectal) A weasel, in Suffolk slang.
7. (attributive, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
   • 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:

     If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

Translations

physiology: membranous envelope

Catalan: càpsula (ca) f. Finnish: kotelo (fi) German: Kapsel (de) f. Greek: κάψα (el) (kápsa) f.

Portuguese: cápsula (pt) f. Russian: капсула (ru) (kápsula) f.

botany: seed-case

Bulgarian: шушулка (bg) (šušulka) f. Catalan: càpsula (ca) f. Czech: tobolka (cs) f. Finnish: kota (fi)

German: Kapsel (de) f. Greek: κάψα (el) (kápsa) f. Portuguese: cápsula (pt) f.

part of spacecraft containing crew's living space

Bulgarian: капсула (bg) (kapsula) f. Catalan: càpsula (ca) f. Finnish: kapseli (fi) German: Kapsel (de) f.

Greek: θαλαμίσκος (el) (thalamískos) m. Portuguese: cápsula (pt) f.

small container containing a dose of medicine

Bulgarian: капсула (bg) (kapsula) f. Catalan: càpsula (ca) f. Czech: kapsle (cs) f., tobolka (cs) f. Finnish: kapseli (fi) German: Kapsel (de) f. Greek: κάψα (el) (kápsa) f., κάψουλα (el) (kápsoula) f. Icelandic: hylki (is) n.

Indonesian: kapsul (id) Javanese: kapsul (jv) Portuguese: cápsula (pt) f. Russian: капсула (ru) (kápsula) f. Slovak: kapsula (sk) f. Slovene: kápsula (sl) f. Vietnamese: viên thuốc con nhộng (vi)

weasel — see weasel

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Esperanto: kapsulo French: capsule (fr) f.

Anagrams

• scale up
• specula
• upscale

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French

Etymology

From Latin capsula.

Noun

capsule f. (plural capsules)

1. capsule

Anagrams

• spécula

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Italian

Noun

capsule f.

1. Plural form of capsula.

Anagrams

• lupesca
• specula

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Spanish

Verb

capsule (infinitive capsular)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capsular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capsular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capsular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of capsular.