capitel

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian capitello. Doublet of cabedelo, coudel, caudilho, capitelo, and cadete.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tel

Noun

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capitel m (plural capitéis)

  1. (architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian capitello or Latin capitellum.

Noun

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capitel n (plural capiteluri)

  1. (architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
Un capitel jónico

Etymology

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From Old Occitan capitel. Doublet of caudillo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtel/ [ka.piˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tel

Noun

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capitel m (plural capiteles)

  1. (architecture) capital; chapiter (uppermost part of a column)
    • 1978, René Taylor, Arquitectura andaluza:
      El elemento más llamativo del revestimiento de yeso son sin duda alguna los capiteles de los pilares
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