capitale

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.tal/
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Noun[edit]

capitale f (plural capitales)

  1. capital, capital city
  2. capital letter
    Synonym: majuscule
    Antonym: minuscule

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Adjective[edit]

capitale

  1. feminine singular of capital

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.piˈta.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧le

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin capitālis, derived from caput (“head”).

Adjective[edit]

capitale (plural capitali)

  1. (relational) head
    1. (law) capital
    2. (by extension) bitter
      Synonym: acerrimo
      nemico capitale ― bitter enemy
    3. (by extension) fierce
      Synonym: accanito
      odio capitale ― fierce hatred
  2. primary, prime, chief, main, capital
    Synonyms: essenziale, fondamentale, primario, vitale
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun[edit]

capitale f (plural capitali)

  1. capital city, capital
    la Capitale ― the Capital (= Rome)

Noun[edit]

capitale m (plural capitali)

  1. (economics) capital
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Further reading[edit]

  • capitale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • capitale2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • capitale3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A nominalised form from capitālis.

Noun[edit]

capitāle n (genitive capitālis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) capital crime
  2. (Late Latin) pillow
  3. (Medieval Latin, finance) capital (money)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capitāle capitālia
Genitive capitālis capitālium
Dative capitālī capitālibus
Accusative capitāle capitālia
Ablative capitālī capitālibus
Vocative capitāle capitālia

Adjective[edit]

capitāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of capitālis

References[edit]

  • “capitale”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitale 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)

Romanian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

capitale f

  1. inflection of capitală:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular
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