capel

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See also: Capel. and capèl

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpəl/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)

Etymology 2

Noun

capel (uncountable)

  1. (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Etymology 3

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. Alternative form of kappal (ship)

Anagrams


Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish café.

Noun

capel

  1. coffee

Derived terms

References

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of Latin cappa (cloak, cape).

Pronunciation

Noun

capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)

  1. chapel
  2. nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
capel gapel nghapel chapel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies