capsule

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Capsule

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 French
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun
3 Italian
- 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French capsule.

[edit] Noun

Singular
capsule

Plural
capsules

capsule (plural capsules)

(physiology) A membranous envelope.
(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.
A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.
A small container containing a dose of medicine.
(dialectal) A weasel, in Suffolk slang.

[edit] Translations

physiology: membranous envelope

Finnish: kotelo fi(fi)
German: Kapsel de(de) f.

botany: seed-case

Finnish: kota fi(fi)
German: Kapsel de(de) f.

part of spacecraft containing crew's living space

Finnish: kapseli fi(fi)
German: Kapsel de(de) f.

small container containing a dose of medicine

Finnish: kapseli fi(fi)
German: Kapsel de(de) f.

weasel

See: weasel

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