capela

See also: capelă, capelã, and capeła

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɛla̝/

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
2. fleece of a sheep
3. layer
4. eyelid
5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
6. hood

   Synonym: muradá

Derived terms

• A Capela

Related terms

• capa

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

capela

Alternative forms

• capella (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈpɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
2. (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)

Synonyms

• (chapel): ermida

Related terms

• capa
• capelão

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Spanish

Noun

capela

1. Only used in a capela

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• capeła

Etymology

See capeła. Compare Italian cappella

Noun

capela f (plural capele)

1. error, mistake
2. head (of a nail)
3. glans penis