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See also: capsulé
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæps(ə)l/
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæpsjuːl/
Noun[edit]
capsule (plural capsules)
- (physiology) A membranous envelope.
- (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4-5
- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4-5
- (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- (dialectal, Britain, Suffolk) A weasel.
- (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
- 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:
- If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
- 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:
- (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
physiology: membranous envelope
botany: seed-case
part of spacecraft containing crew's living space
small container containing a dose of medicine
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weasel — see weasel
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Verb[edit]
capsule (third-person singular simple present capsules, present participle capsuling, simple past and past participle capsuled)
- (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
- (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
capsule f (plural capsules, diminutive capsuletje n)
- (medicine, pharmacy) encapsulation containing drugs or supplements
- cover over the cork and opening of a bottle
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (whence French caisse).
Noun[edit]
capsule f (plural capsules)
- capsule
- bottle cap
- cap or primer for a gun
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “capsule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
capsule f
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
capsule
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capsular.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capsular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capsular.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of capsular.
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- English terms derived from the PIE root *keh₂p-
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Physiology
- en:Botany
- en:Anatomy
- en:Pharmacy
- English dialectal terms
- British English
- Suffolk English
- en:Chemistry
- English dated terms
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Containers
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- nl:Medicine
- nl:Pharmacy
- French terms borrowed from Latin
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- French lemmas
- French nouns
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- Italian non-lemma forms
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