castel

See also: Castel, castèl, and castell

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ca‧stèl

Noun

castel m (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of castello

Anagrams

• scelta

Middle English

Alternative forms

• castell, castelle, castle, chastel

Etymology

From late Old English castel, castell, borrowed from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel, itself also from castellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastəl/

Noun

castel (plural castels)

1. castle

Descendants

• English: castle
  • → Tongan: kāsolo
• Scots: castle
• → Scottish Gaelic: caisteal

Old English

Alternative forms

• castell, cæstel, ċeastel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kastell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs.tel/

Noun

castel n or m

1. castle
2. town or village

Declension

masculine

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	castel	castellas
accusative	castel	castellas
genitive	castelles	castella
dative	castelle	castellum

neuter

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	castel	castel
accusative	castel	castel
genitive	castelles	castella
dative	castelle	castellum

Related terms

• ċeastel
• ċeaster

Descendants

• Middle English: castel, castell, castelle, castle, chastel (reinforced by Old French)
  • English: castle
    • → Tongan: kāsolo
  • Scots: castle
  • → Scottish Gaelic: caisteal

Old French

Noun

castel oblique singular, m (oblique plural casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative singular casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative plural castel)

1. (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) alternative form of chastel (“castle, fortress”)
   • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, lines 4–6:

     N'i ad castel ki devant lui remaigne; / Mur ne citet n'i est remes a fraindre, / Fors Sarraguce, ki est en une muntaigne.

     There's no fortress left in front of him; neither wall nor city remains to be destroyed, except for Zaragoza, which is on a mountain.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French chastel.

Noun

castel m (oblique plural castels, nominative singular castels, nominative plural castel)

1. castle (large fortified medieval building)

Descendants

• Occitan:

  Auvergnat: chastèl

  Languedocien: castèl

  Provençal: castèu

  Vivaro-Alpine: chastèu

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 468

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtel/

Noun

castel m

1. castle

Romanian

castel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castellum (17th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtel/

Noun

castel n (plural castele)

1. castle (fortified building)

   Synonym: (Transylvania, archaic) coștei

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	castel	castelul	castele	castelele
genitive-dative	castel	castelului	castele	castelelor
vocative	castelule		castelelor

See also

• palat

Further reading

• “castel”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026