capella

See also: Capella, capellà, cappella, and a capella

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from cappa. Compare Occitan capèla.

Noun

capella f (plural capelles)

1. chapel

Related terms

• capellà

References

• “capella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Noun

capella f (plural capelle)

1. Synonym of capretta

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of caper (“goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpel.la/, [käˈpɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpel.la/, [käˈpɛlːä]

Noun

capella f (genitive capellae); first declension

1. A she-goat or kid, nanny-goat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capella	capellae
Genitive	capellae	capellārum
Dative	capellae	capellīs
Accusative	capellam	capellās
Ablative	capellā	capellīs
Vocative	capella	capellae

Related terms

• caper
• capra

References

• “capella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “capella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “capella”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from cappa.

Noun

capella f (oblique plural capellas, nominative singular capella, nominative plural capellas)

1. (Christianity) chapel

Descendants

• Occitan: capèla

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “capella”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 20: Autres langues, page 285

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Portuguese

Noun

capella f (plural capellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of capela.